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countable and uncountable, plural whitenesses
The state or quality of being white (all senses). quotations examples
[Snow] may […] exchange its whiteness for yellowness, without losing its right to be called snow; […]
1666, Robert Boyle, Origin of Forms and Qualities according to the Corpuscular Philosophy
(sociology) The quality of being white (in the racial sense). quotations
As a white body, I have not had to face my whiteness; insofar as the world is oriented around whiteness, I rarely have to turn my attention back onto myself, as do the black and brown bodies that are “stopped” or “held up” for being out of place […]
2013, Shelley M. Park, Mothering Queerly, Queering Motherhood, page 42