whiteness
Example Sentences
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He theorises that inequality exists in a nation founded on pro-black, pan-African principles because a deference for whiteness was hard-wired into the region, long before independence.
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026
"Once you go inside the continent, there is nothing. It's just a big, vast expanse of whiteness and there is no life," Tordeur said.
From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2025
The brothers of “Blood Knot” lampoon the meaning of whiteness with costume choices.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2025
Their non-Jewishness, their non-otherness, their whiteness, their musical career, and their father’s birthplace—in a region that changed nationalities but ended up in Italy—enabled the family’s relatively smooth immigration process.
From Slate ● Jan. 26, 2025
I lie there in the whiteness of that room and let my thoughts do the walking.
From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper
