{"id":4188,"date":"2021-10-09T19:57:30","date_gmt":"2021-10-09T23:57:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mfw.us\/blog\/?p=4188"},"modified":"2021-10-09T19:57:32","modified_gmt":"2021-10-09T23:57:32","slug":"whitewash-definition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mfw.us\/blog\/2021\/10\/09\/whitewash-definition\/","title":{"rendered":"Whitewash: Definition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The word &#8220;whitewash&#8221; has <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/whitewash\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" title=\"Dictionary definitions\">many meanings<\/a><\/strong>, which can be summarized as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-white-background-color has-background\"><li>Literal: a liquid composition for whitening a surface; to apply calcium carbonate ground into fine powder, washed, and used especially as a pigment<\/li><li>Figurative: an act or instance of glossing over or of exonerating OR a defeat in a contest in which the loser fails to score<\/li><li>Recent usage as racist language: to alter (something) in a way that favors, features, or caters to white people <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Until quite recently, despite a not uncommon misunderstanding, this word did not have any racist connotations. To whitewash a story was to cover up the truth (to &#8220;clean the dirt&#8221;).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, in some cases, the word is, unfortunately, used to perpetuate the racist mythology that the human race can be broken down into sub-races. Many (if not most) people think they can tell if a person is &#8220;white&#8221; or &#8220;colored&#8221; but these categories are completely subjective, and have no scientific basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>: <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The word &#8220;whitewash&#8221; has many meanings, which can be summarized as: Literal: a liquid composition for whitening a surface; to apply calcium carbonate ground into fine powder, washed, and used especially as a pigment Figurative: an act or instance of glossing over or of exonerating OR a defeat in a contest in which the loser &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mfw.us\/blog\/2021\/10\/09\/whitewash-definition\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mfw.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4188"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mfw.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mfw.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mfw.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mfw.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4188"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.mfw.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4188\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4191,"href":"https:\/\/www.mfw.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4188\/revisions\/4191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mfw.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mfw.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mfw.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}