black gang

== English == === Etymology 1 === From black +‎ gang. ==== Noun ==== black gang (plural black gangs) (nautical) A group of workers who fed the furnaces of a coal-powered steamship or other vessel. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black,‎ gang. (i.e. one with racially black members) ===== Derived terms ===== black-ganger === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Chinese 黑幫 / 黑帮 (hēibāng, “gangsters, gang”). The first character, 黑, translates as "black" on its own. ==== Noun ==== black gang (plural black gangs) (politics, historical, derogatory) A propaganda term used by Mao Zedong against his opponents. ===== See also ===== black gangster ===== Further reading ===== 黑帮 (文革) on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia zh Kwok-sing Li (1995), “Hei bang 黑幫 (Black gang)”, in Mary Lok, transl., A glossary of political terms of the People's Republic of China, Chinese University Press, →ISBN, page 148