whiteness

Example Sentences

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“I could no more make them understand how it felt to be a Korean American adoptee than they could transfer their whiteness to me.”

From New York Times

On Saturday, they seemed to cling tenaciously to the trees ringing the basin, providing the vista of seemingly inexhaustible pinkness and whiteness that has become a symbol of Washington and spring.

From Washington Post

But in places on the ground, turning a corner brought confrontation with the astonishing whiteness of the blossoms.

From Washington Post

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, ancestral verification was an upper-class sorting mechanism designed to preserve their definition of whiteness, excluding recently arrived European immigrants.

From Salon

Her casting and Williams' also rectifies the overwhelming whiteness of the original cast by adding two dynamic figures providing other missions to chase than past glory.

From Salon