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Whitewashing
Meaning
Noun
●
The
application
of whitewash.
●
The
effacement
of
errors
or
bad
actions.
⚠️
The process of
whitewashing
, of
making over
(a person or
character
, a group, an
event
, etc) so that it is or seems more
white
(Caucasian),
for example
by
applying
makeup
to a person, or by
covering
over the
participation
of people of
color in
an
event
and
focusing
on only
white
participation
.
Verb
●
present participle
and
gerund
of whitewash
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Antonyms
Blackwashing
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Scapegoating
Politicizing
Revisionism
Downplaying
Sensationalizing
Glorifying
Trivializing
Mythologizing
Demonizing
Propagandizing
Lampooning
Romanticizing
Misrepresentation
Politicization
Demonization
Discrediting
Racism
Legitimizing
Denigration
Revisionist
Defacing
Maligning
Painting
Vilification
Denouncing
Trivialising
Sensationalising
Vilifying
Marginalizing
Hiding
Politicisation
Romanticising
Hypocrisy
Concealing
Framing
White Supremacy
Character Assassination
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