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darktown
[ dahrk-toun ]
noun
, Older Use: Usually Offensive.
- a part of a town or city inhabited largely by Black people.
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Sensitive Note
This term from the 1880s, as used in the American South, is usually perceived as insulting and racist. But Darktown Strutters’ Ball was the name of a popular jazz song written in 1917.
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
Madge soon reached the edge of darktown, taking a main street which led to the better section of Claymore.
From Project Gutenberg
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