Once you go black, you never go back

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Definition

An informal sexual proverb claiming that after someone has had sex with a Black person, they will not want sex with non-Black people. It is a racialized joke or stereotype rather than a literal rule about sexual preference.

Quick Facts

TermOnce you go black, you never go back

Meaning and use

The phrase presents the idea that sex with a Black person permanently changes someone’s sexual preference, making them unwilling to return to sex with non-Black people.

It is used as an informal, often provocative punchline about interracial sex. The phrase has also been described as an ugly joke, so it can be offensive.

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Once you go black, you never go back definition