paper bag testとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

paper bag test (plural paper bag tests)

1. Synonym of brown bag test (“alleged racist comparison”)
   • 2002 February, Don Spears, Playing for Keeps‎, Los Angeles: Milligan Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 183:

     "How'd your in-laws feel about you marryin' your wife? Maybe you could pass the paper bag test and the comb test, but your old man had dark skin, kinky hair, and he was a dyed-in-wool bapistst from out in the sticks."

   • 2012 July 16, Jessica Ann Mitchell Aiwuyor, “Still Haven’t Been Able to Pass that Darn Paper Bag Test”, in Our Legaci with J.A.M. Aiwuyor‎, WordPress, retrieved 2022-02-09:

     And when I playfully asked him to “hook me up” he simply (and without effort) responded, “Well you’re not really his type. He likes the light brights.” So I stopped for a minute and thought to myself, “Wouldn’t you know, I still can’t pass that darn paper bag test.”