Talk:buck breaking

RFV discussion: August–September 2021
The act of first flogging a slave, and subsequently sexually assaulting or raping them publicly, in front of other slaves, in order to humiliate them.

—Suzukaze-c (talk) 08:40, 24 August 2021 (UTC)


 * cited. I tweaked the definition, because it was clear from my reading that while it always involved public pain and humiliation, the techniques for achieving this could vary. Sometimes it did not involve the sexual assault. Kiwima (talk) 01:14, 25 August 2021 (UTC)


 * Conspicous lack of pre-2010 usages and great number of mentions. Is it really archaic? —Suzukaze-c (talk) 01:37, 25 August 2021 (UTC)
 * I have removed the label since I could find nothing from the 19th or 20th centuries. Possibly a stronger usage note would be advised given the apparently modern coining. DTLHS (talk) 17:35, 25 August 2021 (UTC)
 * I don't think it's a modern coinage. Just about every use I find seems to refer back to some earlier works that we don't have access to. Kiwima (talk) 07:14, 26 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Possibly should have a disambiguation note so as to not be confused with break the buck. 70.175.192.217 21:46, 30 August 2021 (UTC)
 * It probably shouldn't be marked as either "historical" or "offensive", given that the term is most likely a modern invention.__Gamren (talk) 18:35, 1 September 2021 (UTC)
 * It's clearly historical: it is describing a historical practice, whether or not the specific combination of words is recent. DTLHS (talk) 18:39, 1 September 2021 (UTC)

RFV-passed Kiwima (talk) 22:00, 2 September 2021 (UTC)


 * Re "it is describing a historical practice": it may not be. We define it only as an "alleged act". See . Equinox ◑ 04:15, 17 March 2023 (UTC)

RFV discussion: May 2023–April 2024
Newly added sense: Internet slang: "A situation where white males dominate black males in any context." Equinox ◑ 11:22, 10 May 2023 (UTC)


 * RFV-failed and derogatory; deleted. JonsonMaclean (talk) 16:18, 4 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Its being derogatory is irrelevant. DCDuring (talk) 19:00, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

Downplaying
The use of the word alleged makes it seem as if there is a possibility of this not being true when there is proof of this happening. Removing the word alleged would help alleviate the downplay of how serious and real this topic was. 2601:248:5680:E5E0:CD52:DD2B:B8F5:25F4 05:21, 18 July 2024 (UTC)