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African-Americans invented cool as a stylistic defiance against racism during [World War II]. This is simply well-documented social, historical, and [linguistic] fact. To be cool in the 1940s referred to the ability to be relaxed in one's own style in any [environment], an act of courage and mental strength for any Black person during the Jim Crow era. Whether meaning high praise ("Cool!"), vetting someone to others ("she's cool"), or referring to a relaxed state of mind ("I'm cool, man") -- our modern usages all began in jazz culture.
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