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[Laurence Horn]

Is that a blend with “catfish”? It’s not mentioned in the Ebony piece, but it seems plausible to me.

LH

> On Nov 26, 2022, at 1:35 AM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> “Blackfish,” a term used to describe someone White who pretends to be Black
> or mixed-race for financial and social gain.
> https://www.ebony.com/woman-dons-blackface-not-white-white/
> 
> - Wilson
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> All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint to
> come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
> -Mark Twain
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