blackness

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For white authors and readers, Morrison argued, blackness has been more metaphoric than real, a signifier of certain behavioral expectations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026

The amnesia conceit allows the film to highlight its artificiality: painted backdrops, stages that recede into blackness, supporting players recast in multiple roles.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2025

It is blackness that refuses to accept subjugation, to give up.

From Salon • Aug. 6, 2024

Onstage, he just stood there and gazed out into the blackness.

From New York Times • Feb. 9, 2024

The blackness of the sky began to lighten and an old peddler came out of a doorway, the creaking of his cart echoing in the silence of the upcoming dawn.

From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin