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Recent Examples of whiteness
This is because the appeal and societal acceptance of straight hair is inextricably linked to a proximity to whiteness, which to some, lands as the antithesis to the natural hair movement as a whole.
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Tayler Adigun, Essence, 16 Apr. 2025
Spencer sees her from the window, somehow IMMEDIATELY recognizes his bundled-up wife in the blinding whiteness, then races through the cars and hops out the back.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 6 Apr. 2025
The essence of Velma is not necessarily tied to her whiteness.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 9 Oct. 2024
People are eager to escape discrimination and reap the benefits of whiteness.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2025
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Tayler Adigun, Essence, 16 Apr. 2025
Spencer sees her from the window, somehow IMMEDIATELY recognizes his bundled-up wife in the blinding whiteness, then races through the cars and hops out the back.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 6 Apr. 2025
The essence of Velma is not necessarily tied to her whiteness.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 9 Oct. 2024
People are eager to escape discrimination and reap the benefits of whiteness.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for whiteness
pallor
Noun
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Over the water the sky is glazed now with an Arctic pallor.—
Joyce Carol Oates,
The New Yorker,
16 Mar. 2025
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This at a time when a sluggish box office and a lack of employment in onscreen entertainment has already given the business a sickly Nosferatu-like pallor.—
Ryan Faughnder,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Jan. 2025
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“Whiteness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whiteness. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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