What are some opposite words for whiteness?
Antonyms for whiteness
ˈʰwaɪt nɪs, ˈwaɪt-white·ness
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white, whitenessnoun
the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)
Synonyms:
egg white, purity, white, tweed, flannel, sinlessness, gabardine, albumen, ovalbumin, innocence, purenesspurity, pureness, sinlessness, innocence, whitenessnoun
the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil
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ingenuousness, naturalness, white, purity, artlessness, sinlessness, honour, innocence, honor, purenesswhitenessnoun
lightness or fairness of complexion
"only the whiteness of her cheeks gave any indication of the stress from which she was suffering"
Synonyms:
purity, innocence, sinlessness, white, pureness
How to use whiteness in a sentence?
Whiteness is never seen as a cause, in and of itself, of these kinds of massacres.
If there's power and privilege isolated in Whiteness and Yaba Blay have the potential to possibly get it, then what is race ? what is a racial identity ?
If it is true that a man who has dominated the news and poisoned the discussion for months needs to repent, then it is doubly true that a nation that can produce such a man and make his vitriol go viral needs to repent, no matter what happens next month, more than a third of the nation that would go along with this, is reason to be afraid. America needs to repent for its worship of Whiteness, on full display this season.
What I've discovered is that about a third of the Fortune 100 companies that I can verify are promoting the principles of CRT, including systemic racism, White privilege, this idea that whiteness is synonymous with evil, exploitation and oppression. And one of the companies that actually was the one of the worst offenders was American Express, american Express is teaching its employees that the country was fundamentally racist, that capitalism was fundamentally oppressive and that their White employees were guilty of White privilege and internalized White supremacy. All of these horrific crimes based solely on their skin color.
For a group that is so identified with being White, it’s interesting that Jews face so much prejudice in the United States, for some people who identify as people of color, it’s also hard for them to understand that a community that seems to be associated with Whiteness would still face that kind of prejudice and discrimination and even violence.
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