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 .
by Imnotlike”most”mexicans February 23, 2020
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.
by New Webster's Dictionary May 02, 2010
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
by The Return of Light Joker September 30, 2009
(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.
by SugarBear August 16, 2005
by im a nerd November 21, 2004
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.
by mr. fluffy December 13, 2006
Wow she just came to this country yet she doesn't have the slightest accent and rocks our style! She is soo whitewash.
by raspberry13 December 10, 2007