deniggerizes
deniggerizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of deniggerize.
Meaning of deniggerize
Verb
deniggerize (third-person singular simple present deniggerizes, present participle deniggerizing, simple past and past participle deniggerized)
- To raise (a black person, etc.) above the traditional negative racist stereotypes.
- A broad spectrum of African-Americans have used education to deniggerize themselves […]1996, Carl Upchurch, Convicted in the womb: one man's journey from prisoner to peacemaker
- To free from black people or their influence.
- In some areas black schools were integrated only after insulting efforts to 'deniggerize' the school were carried out (replacement of all toilet seats, fumigation of the school, etc.2010, Stuart Buck, Acting White: The Ironic Legacy of Desegregation, page 85
Questions about deniggerizes
- What is deniggerizes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
- Deniggerizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of deniggerize.
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