" whitewashes "

 [ "whitewashed" ]

1: A derogatory term used to describe a minority who has assimilated with western society. The "White washed" person does not necessarily abandon his/her own culture but rather embrace others beside his/her own. Some people take it as a compliment while others take it as an insult.

  * e.g.,  ... Just because I am open minded does not mean I am whitewashed. Get it straight! 

 [ "WhiteWashed" ]

1: Someone who doesn’t act their race from racist stereotypes. But this is not true. From someone doesn’t speak their native language that doesn’t mean they’re whitewashed.

  * e.g.,  ... Jane Doe: I’m Mexican but I don’t speak Spanish or listen to Spanish music John Doe: I hate people like you. So whitewashed . 

 [ "whitewash" ]

1: A term that now has also come to refer to the entertainment industry's attempt at making ethnic characters more appealing to the white, money-spending masses by making exotic characters less ethnic and more "white."

  * e.g.,  ... Isn't Chun Li supposed to be 100% Chinese? Why did Hollywood totally whitewash her and cast a half-asian actress to play her in that horrible new Street Fighter movie?? Thanks to commercial whitewashing, every token "black" girl on tv has become a light skinned black girl. This does not bode well for dark skinned black actresses. 

 [ "whitewash" ]

1:  to win decisively, especially before the other side can achieve a single goal to make something undesirable, damaging seem legitimate or acceptable, usually by falsification or concealment

  * e.g.,  ... They Just whitewashed the election. 

 [ "whitewash" ]

1: (n., v., or adj.) A process or result or act: when a person who is considered a minority adopts a lifestyle (including speech, mannerisms, clothing, etc.) that is attributed secludedly to those of European descent, white people.

  * e.g.,  ...  She is whitewashed. 

 [ "whitewashed" ]

1: When a person who isn't white forgets their culture and acts like a white person.

  * e.g.,  ... Billy: I'm moving to Texas. 

 [ "Whitewashed" ]

1: To be assimilated into the N.A society, forgetting your own language and culture and tries to act like a white person to gain acceptance. Looked down upon both of the cultures he/she supposedly belongs in.

  * e.g.,  ... Connie Chung is straight up whitewashed, yo. 

 [ "whitewash" ]

1: A term used, apparently, only where it snows. A whitewash is when you grab somebody by the back of the head, usually when wrestling, and rub their face into the snow. This is a technique primarily used during snowball fights. Made better when the whitewashee bleeds. Distant relative: the swirly.

  * e.g.,  ... Dude, AJ face-planted while boarding today, and Chris whitewashed him on the bunny hill!! 

 [ "whitewash" ]

1: It basically means to let go of your nationality and acting in ways "white".

  * e.g.,  ... Wow she just came to this country yet she doesn't have the slightest accent and rocks our style! She is soo whitewash. 

 [ "Whitewashing" ]

1: Whitewashing is the alteration of a characters skin tone, from black/brown to white. This is also racist due to the harmful anti black history whitewashing black characters has. In America (euro-centric features were seen as a beauty standard that bpoc (black poc) couldn’t fit. Changing a black character to look white removes the little representation for black people while also conveying an anti black message.

  * e.g.,  ... “__ drew a dark skin character as lightskin, so it’s whitewashing”