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Instead there was a focus on identitarian politics, as though an acknowledgement of one’s whiteness, a telling of one’s awareness of racist histories, can act as absolution from them.
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Emily Van Duyne
july 24, Literary Hub, 24 July 2025
In the film’s best gag, the white teen who once spoke of dismantling whiteness has now moved to Florida and gone full MAGA.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 18 July 2025
One of the biggest challenges of owning white clothes is maintaining their whiteness.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 12 July 2025
Hollowell described the piece as a classic three-stone setting, with the center stone looking to be flanked by two smaller oval side stones, set in platinum or 18-karat white gold, enhancing the diamond’s natural whiteness.
—Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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Emily Van Duyne
july 24, Literary Hub, 24 July 2025
In the film’s best gag, the white teen who once spoke of dismantling whiteness has now moved to Florida and gone full MAGA.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 18 July 2025
One of the biggest challenges of owning white clothes is maintaining their whiteness.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 12 July 2025
Hollowell described the piece as a classic three-stone setting, with the center stone looking to be flanked by two smaller oval side stones, set in platinum or 18-karat white gold, enhancing the diamond’s natural whiteness.
—Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for whiteness
pallor
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With his deathly pallor and Byronic charm, Stamp was perfect as the self-destructive, swaggering scoundrel who is haunted by visions of a spectral little girl.—
Christina Newland,
Vulture,
22 Aug. 2025
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Symptoms include easy bruising, pallor, and decreased urine.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
5 June 2025
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“Whiteness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whiteness. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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