Blexit

Not to be confused with Brexit.

Blexit (/ˈblɛksɪt/ or /ˈblɛɡzɪt/) is a Minneapolis-based grassroots non-profit movement founded in 2016 after the police killing of Philando Castile. It offers support to African Americans through economic activism and black-owned institutions. The name Blexit is a portmanteau of "black" and "exit" fashioned after Brexit and was coined by Me'Lea Connelly in 2016.

In 2018, Candace Owens co-opted the term for a social media campaign urging African Americans to leave the Democratic Party. She set up the BLEXIT Foundation which merged with Turning Point USA in 2023.

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