Definition of "blackness" []

• The state, property or quality of being black. (noun)
• The result or product of being black. (noun)

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• "Well I guess my blackness is a little lighter now. obama is a liar"
• "Some reviewers have criticized what they see as a propensity toward contradiction in the book, but one wonders whether it isn't an inevitable byproduct of her approach; Dickerson imagines a world where "blackness" is allowed its contradictions, and doesn't require a party line."
• "So I started mulling things over, thinking of cool stuff I could include — newts, banana slugs, pit toilets, sinister park rangers, the inside-a-coffin blackness of two a.m., the weirdos in the campsites nearby, etc."