How to Use blackface in a Sentence

blackface

noun

• This isn’t the first time a preschool has used blackface, either.
  — Orlando Sentinel, 10 Feb. 2023
• There was a blackface song for one of the protagonists of the show.
  — Howard Reich, chicagotribune.com, 26 June 2019
• And no wonder — was that Drake in blackface on the cover?
  — Aja Romano, Vox, 31 May 2018
• The origins of blackface date back to the minstrel shows of the mid-19th century.
  — Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN, 3 Nov. 2021
• At a testing event in Barcelona, in 2008, he was taunted by fans in blackface.
  — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2022
• The same Joy that paraded around in blackface not too long ago?
  — Mike Brest, Washington Examiner, 18 Sep. 2020
• One of the others shows a man in blackface who is dressed up as a woman wearing a wig.
  — Bloomberg.com, 21 May 2019
• Klacik: The same Joy that paraded around in blackface not too long ago?
  — Jeff Barker, baltimoresun.com, 18 Sep. 2020
• The photo on Northam's yearbook page shows two men, one in blackface and the other in a Ku Klux Klan robe and hood.
  — Tyler O'Neil, Fox News, 10 Jan. 2022
• Because there’s a lot of those, there’s thousands of pictures of me in blackface.
  — New York Times, 5 Apr. 2022
• The teen who was supposed to be Floyd, 46, was in blackface and lying motionless on the ground.
  — Washington Post, 8 June 2021
• Yet in this instance, the white Olivier wore blackface.
  — Charles Hilu, National Review, 15 Oct. 2021
• The student used blackface to represent the black team.
  — Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2018
• First, a high school yearbook of Erich in blackface surfaced.
  — Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 20 Sep. 2022
• Blackfaces’ for my band, with a design of a person in blackface?
  — Sonia K. Katyal, BostonGlobe.com, 23 June 2018
• In a third incident, a brief video surfaced of Trudeau in blackface.
  — Dylan Bouscher, The Mercury News, 24 Sep. 2019
• An Oregon school staff member showed up to work in blackface.
  — Keira Wingate, USA TODAY, 23 Sep. 2021
• Miller and Lyles, for instance, performed their roles in blackface.
  — John Check, WSJ, 21 May 2021
• This shouldn't have to be added to this list, but in case anyone needs reminding: Don't do blackface.
  — Sara M Moniuszko, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2020
• One photo from 1939 showed white children in blackface as part of a youth group event for a local church.
  — Joshua Irvine, chicagotribune.com, 25 May 2021
• The show's live episode from season six, which features guest star Jon Hamm in blackface, will no longer be available.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 23 June 2020
• In 2017 she was accused of wearing blackface during the launch of her KKW Beauty range.
  — The Washington Post, The Mercury News, 27 June 2019
• In one scene that made the Tribeca audience groan, Howard Stern does a parody in blackface.
  — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2023
• Meredith, who is white, then texted a photo of himself in blackface.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 11 Jan. 2021
• After springing Paper Boi from prison, the pair were stunned in their tracks at the sight of a baby on the back of a bike in full blackface in broad daylight.
  — Keith Nelson, Men's Health, 25 Mar. 2022
• In October, a photo surfaced of the 31-year-old dressed in blackface as a high school student.
  — John Haughey, Washington Examiner, 2 June 2020
• Williams, who was one of the first Black actors to star on Broadway, was often required to perform in blackface.
  — Shauna Stuart | [e-mail], al, 12 Aug. 2022
• At Guilderland High in New York, some students were outraged when some of their classmates showed up to a game in blackface.
  — Dallas News, 22 Dec. 2022
• Billy Dee Williams just shocked Bill Maher with a surprising take on blackface.
  — Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY, 9 Apr. 2024
• By four, Davis was dancing and singing in blackface, perfecting the white minstrel-show caricature of Black behavior.
  — Alex Bhattacharji, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Jan 2025