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whiteness

[hwahyt-nis, wahyt-] / ˈʰwaɪt nɪs, ˈwaɪt- /
NOUN
paleness
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NOUN
colorlessness
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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

All you could see of her face was the whiteness of the bandage.

From "The Stranger" by Albert Camus




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