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black rage defenses

black rage defenses is the plural of black rage defense.

Meaning of black rage defense

Noun

black rage defense (plural black rage defenses)

  1. (informal) A defense of a crime committed by a black person on the grounds that the person was driven to temporary insanity as a result of other people's racial prejudice.
    • Sixty-eight percent of polled blacks "found the black rage defense compelling," while, incredibly, so did 45 percent of the whites.1994, New York Magazine, volume 27, number 21, page 6

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What is black rage defenses the plural of?
Black rage defenses is the plural of black rage defense.

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