blaxploitation

noun

blax·ploi·ta·tion ˌblak-(ˌ)splȯi-ˈtā-shən

: the exploitation of Black people by producers of Black-oriented films

—often used before another noun

blaxploitation movies

Examples of blaxploitation in a Sentence

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Ganja & Hess centers on an anthropologist who turns vampire after being stabbed with a cursed dagger, but Gunn was not interested in appeasing the capitalist appetite for another blaxploitation piece in the early ’70s. —

Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2024 Amos also starred in Melvin Van Peebles‘ blaxploitation classic Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song (1971), and co-starred alongside Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall in Coming to America (1988). —

Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 1 Oct. 2024 Although Black audiences had been courted before, this was done mostly with blaxploitation pictures like Shaft and Super Fly. —

Stacey Wilson Hunt, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Aug. 2024 Her mother was a famed blaxploitation star and her grandmother was a grand dame of the theater. —

Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for blaxploitation

Word History

Etymology

blend of blax- (alteration of blacks) and exploitation

First Known Use

1972, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler

The first known use of blaxploitation was in 1972

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“Blaxploitation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blaxploitation. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.

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