A term of solidarity in the African-American community. To not sell out to Caucasian, or non-Black cultures way of life.
When my brother heard that I would be attending Harvard next year, he cautioned me to Stay Black.
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βStay blackβ is a term of solidarty and endearment that African-Americans use to mean βtake care of yourself.β It stems from the phrase βall I have to do is stay black and dieβ and is synonymous with βstay up.β
The same sentiment of βstay blackβ can be expressed with the black power fist βπΏβπΎβπ½ or the Wakanda forever sign π
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βHey Nino, you have to see Black Panther this weekend!β
βAll I gotta do is stay black and die.β
βHey Natasha, you leaving the family cookout already?β
βYeah, I have to take these plates to Bruce Bruce and them but yβall stay black, ya hear?β
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marginally racial slurs combined as a phrase used when leaving a place; normally spoken by a person confident enough to know that the ONLY bigotry that makes him its bitch, is the bigotry he allows to himself.
"We need to kick it again soon, bruh."
"Fa sho! I'ma bounce whoadie; stay black, white on!"
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