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Blaxploitation
or Black·sploi·ta·tion
[ blak-sploi-tey-shuhn ]
noun
, (often lowercase)
- a subgenre of American cinema in the 1970s featuring Black protagonists in exploitation films intended to appeal to African American audiences.
blaxploitation
/ ˌblæksplɔɪˈteɪʃən /
noun
- a genre of films featuring Black stereotypes
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Blaxploitation1
Blend of Blax (respelling of Blacks ) + exploitation; coined by Dr. Junius Griffin (1929–2005) of the Beverly Hills/Hollywood NAACP in 1972 in response to the movie Super Fly (1972)
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Blaxploitation1
C20: from bla ( ck ) + ( e ) xploitation
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Example Sentences
Blaxploitation serves another, non-nostalgic purpose as well.
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They meet in a class on Quentin Tarantino and spend the summer binge-watching blaxploitation movies.
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The book draws its title from a blaxploitation movie much beloved by the antagonists.
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