Huh I d like to echo the comments from years ago about this article s opacity After reading it carefully I have little understanding of what signifyin is The impenetrable Gates quote doesn t help Nor do statements such as this Gates expands the term to refer not merely to a specific vernacular strategy but also to a trope of double voiced repetition and reversal that exemplifies the distinguishing property of Black discourse I have no idea what that means 71 166 248 180