Dictionary definition of “meatball in the rice”

meatball in the rice

n. a dark-skinned person among a crowd of light-skinned people. Subjects: English, Race, Slang

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Citations: 2006 [Big Dave] @ Chicago, Illinois MySpace (May 5) “Racism is hilarious!!”: While I was down in Louisiana, I was a GM working at this multi-billion dollar business. While I was there, I was always the only meatball in the rice. So I guess that meant i was the ambassador for all things Black. 2006 [Queen-To-Be] Queen To Be (Dec. 6) “Meatball in the Rice”: I was the only meatball in the rice tonight.…I was on my high school staff and as my best friend in the program put it—"It’s only Six of us Meatballs in the Rice” Meatballs being the black people in the program. Rice being the 30/40 plus other students who were white. 2007 Swagger Vanze MySpace (Jan. 17) “Amer Kali”: I See Your Still the Only Meatball in The Rice Huh? Im Just Fuccin With Ya. 2007 [justinwstephens] Flickr (Mar. 13) “Gawker / Lifehacker party”: So many Jew fro’s at the party that for once, it was hard to spot Alex in the crowd….except that he’s usually the only “meatball in the rice.” 2007 Jennifer Jacobs Des Moines Register (Iowa) (Sept. 2) “Felon makes new life as a dad”: I didn’t want her to be the only meatball in the rice, but I didn’t want her to go to an all-black school and get up with some of this so-called ghetto stuff.

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