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Recent Examples of whiteness
And that illusion, like so many beauty standards, was centered on whiteness.
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Nana Regueiro, Vogue, 2 July 2025
With the family’s wealth, whiteness and lack of regard for others, many viewers might find themselves hard-pressed to sympathize, much less identify, with the Sinclars.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 18 June 2025
The pursuit of health has become a kind of virtue in our society, but the ideal of ‘health’ is also very wrapped up in ideals of beauty, thinness and whiteness.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 9 June 2025
Cue Carrie Bradshaw voice: if blonde hair is so entangled with whiteness in the cultural imagination, what happens when a Black woman claims it for herself—and looks damn good while doing so?
—Martine Thompson, Essence, 21 May 2025
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Nana Regueiro, Vogue, 2 July 2025
With the family’s wealth, whiteness and lack of regard for others, many viewers might find themselves hard-pressed to sympathize, much less identify, with the Sinclars.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 18 June 2025
The pursuit of health has become a kind of virtue in our society, but the ideal of ‘health’ is also very wrapped up in ideals of beauty, thinness and whiteness.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 9 June 2025
Cue Carrie Bradshaw voice: if blonde hair is so entangled with whiteness in the cultural imagination, what happens when a Black woman claims it for herself—and looks damn good while doing so?
—Martine Thompson, Essence, 21 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for whiteness
pallor
Noun
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Symptoms include easy bruising, pallor, and decreased urine.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
5 June 2025
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As a result, even his best and most engaging songs have a somber pallor hovering just over them.—
Jon Caramanica,
New York Times,
21 May 2025
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“Whiteness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whiteness. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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