Blaxploitation

or Black·sploi·ta·tion

[ blak-sploi-tey-shuhn ]

noun

, (often lowercase)

1. a subgenre of American cinema in the 1970s featuring Black protagonists in exploitation films intended to appeal to African American audiences.

blaxploitation

/ ˌblæksplɔɪˈteɪʃən /

noun

1. a genre of films featuring Black stereotypes

Word History and Origins

Origin of Blaxploitation¹

Blend of Blax (respelling of Blacks ) + exploitation; coined by Dr. Junius Griffin (1929–2005) of the Beverly Hills/Hollywood NAACP in 1972 in response to the movie Super Fly (1972)

Word History and Origins

Origin of Blaxploitation¹

C20: from bla ( ck ) + ( e ) xploitation

Example Sentences

Blaxploitation serves another, non-nostalgic purpose as well.

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They meet in a class on Quentin Tarantino and spend the summer binge-watching blaxploitation movies.

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The book draws its title from a blaxploitation movie much beloved by the antagonists.

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