cool pose

noun

cool pose

noun

Etymology Coined in the 1990s by Richard Majors and Janet Mancini Billson in Cool Pose: The Dilemmas of Black Manhood in America.

Human sciences, Sciences, Social science, Sociology A tough, fearless, aloof attitude said to be adopted by black men as a coping mechanism to deal with racial oppression.

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