blacks and whites
Example Sentences
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“There’s no framing this tapestry, at least not yet, as the multicolored strands—the children’s greens, browns, and blues; my own blacks and whites; and all the wildflower hues of the hills—are still creating their story.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026
The result was a cover photo for the single showing a shaky photo of Cobain, taken using infrared film that with its high-contrast blacks and whites produced ethereal images.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 19, 2021
But Price would have mixed feelings about the song’s broad appeal, later remembering how local officials in the Jim Crow South resisted letting both blacks and whites attend his shows.
From Fox News • May 9, 2021
"Following the massacre, both blacks and whites swept this under the rug," says Mechelle Brown, programme co-ordinator at the Greenwood Cultural Center, which preserves the history of the neighbourhood.
From BBC • Jun. 18, 2020
Fryer came to wonder: is distinctive black culture a cause of the economic disparity between blacks and whites or merely a reflection of it?
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
