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

The whiteness of the home doesn’t only speak to the traditional white-painted rural farmhouse; it speaks to minimalism, a style that has crept from the elite into the vernacular over recent years.

From Slate • Mar. 6, 2025

He’d looked out the window where fields of white poppies stretched all the way to the shadowy hills.The whiteness hurt his eyes, and so he turned from them with relief to the cool darkness inside.

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer