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  • The Sea Queen VII is among the blackfishing pack, too, with afternoon trips weekdays and two half-day trips weekends.

    NYDN Rss Alexandra Kenney 2011

  • Dave II is one of the Sheepshead Bay boats into blackfishing.

    NYDN Rss Alexandra Kenney 2011

  • His calendar includes several full-day, 7 a.m. blackfishing trips next ones are Sunday.

    NY Daily News 2010

  • City Island's Riptide III begins her full-day blackfishing focus on Tuesday, packing lots of crab bait on board.

    NY Daily News Alexandra Kenney 2010

  • New York anglers could again enjoy the state's reopened blackfishing season.

    NY Daily News 2010

  • Friday, augmented by special 12-hour, 5 a.m. blackfishing wreck trips.

    NY Daily News 2010

  • With striped bass season over and blackfishing nearing its end, anglers can cast off on party boats

    NY Daily News Alexandra Kenney 2010

  • The spectacular blackfishing will continue and big bluefish will become increasingly active.

    NY Daily News Alexandra Kenney 2010

  • With striped bass season over and blackfishing nearing its end, anglers can cast off on party boats

    NY Daily News Alexandra Kenney 2010

  • Long Island Sound blackfishing remains terrific from Pea and Huckleberry islands to Rye and

    NY Daily News Alexandra Kenney 2010

  • Thompson came up with the term “blackfishing” when she saw a discussion about white women cosplaying as black women on Twitter.

    Blackfishing: 'Black is cool, unless you're actually black' Priya Elan 2020

  • From the rapper Bhad Bhabie, who appeared on Instagram last week deeply tanned and in a black wig, to the styling of Ariana Grande in her 7 Rings video (she had worn “culture as a costume” according to the Atlantic), “blackfishing” has become an all too familiar cultural trope. The term was coined to reflect a perception that you are cosmetically enhancing your appearance through makeup and hairstyles to appear as if you have black heritage.

    Blackfishing: 'Black is cool, unless you're actually black' Priya Elan 2020

  • Wanna Thompson, a journalist who is credited with coining the term Blackfishing, explained to CNN, “Blackfishing is when white public figures or influencers do everything in their power to appear Black, whether that means to tan their skin excessively in an attempt to achieve ambiguity and wear hairstyles and clothing trends that have been pioneered by Black women.”

    Really, Kim, During Black History Month? Jameelah Nasheed 2022

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