whites

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But even aside from its profitability, many whites in the Antebellum South had come to see slaveholding not as a necessary evil, to be accepted apologetically, but as a positive moral good.

From The Wall Street Journal

Australia's oceans are teeming with sharks, with great whites topping the list of species that might fatally chomp a human.

From Barron's

A 2020 Harris Poll found 72% prefer traditional architecture for federal buildings, with bipartisan majorities of blacks, Hispanics and whites preferring traditional styles.

From The Wall Street Journal

Streaming services also had a higher number of directors of color, with whites representing 77%, according to the report, compared to the 83% in theatrical.

From Los Angeles Times

“Even though the poverty rates are higher among Blacks and Hispanics, there are still more poor whites in the country.”

From New York Times