whitewashed
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.
Just because I am open minded does not mean I am whitewashed. Get it straight!
WhiteWashed
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.
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 .
John Doe: I hate people like you. So whitewashed .
whitewash
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."
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.
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
2. to make something undesirable, damaging seem legitimate or acceptable, usually by falsification or concealment
2. to make something undesirable, damaging seem legitimate or acceptable, usually by falsification or concealment
They Just whitewashed the election.
whitewash
(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.
1. She is whitewashed.
whitewashed
When a person who isn't white forgets their culture and acts like a white person.
Billy: I'm moving to Texas.
Sally: I hope you don't get whitewashed.
Sally: I hope you don't get whitewashed.
Whitewashed
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.
Connie Chung is straight up whitewashed, yo.
Ya, lookit the way she tries to act white. Pathetic
Ya, lookit the way she tries to act white. Pathetic