Whitewash
Whitewash, calcimine, kalsomine, calsomine, asbestis or lime paint is a type of paint made from slaked lime ( calcium hydroxide, Ca(OH)2) or chalk (calcium carbonate, CaCO3), sometimes known as "whiting". Various other additives are sometimes ...
is a paint-like covering of hydrated lime or a cheap white paint.
Whitewash or whitewashing may also refer to:
Racist practices
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Whitewashing (beauty)
Whitewashing in beauty is a phenomenon in the intersection of the fashion industry, digital photography, mass media, marketing and advertising. It describes a situation in which the skin tone of non-white people is digitally retouched or physica ...
, modifying the skin tones of photographs of nonwhite people in mass media
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Whitewashing in art
Whitewashing in art is the practice of altering the racial identity of historical and mythological figures in art as a part of a larger pattern of erasing and distorting the histories and contributions of non-whites. It mirrors the racial biases ...
, the practice of altering the racial identity of historical and mythological figures
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Whitewashing in film
Whitewashing is a casting practice in the film industry in which white people, white actors are cast in non-white roles. As defined by Merriam-Webster, to whitewash is "to alter...in a way that favors, features, or caters to white people: such as ...
, the practice of casting white actors in non-white roles
Propaganda
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Whitewashing (communications)
Whitewashing is the act of minimizing or covering up vices, crimes or scandals, or of exonerating the guilty by means of a perfunctory investigation or biased presentation of data with the intention to improve someone's reputation."Whitewash", E ...
, propaganda to cover up bad behavior
Literature and the arts
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''Whitewash'' (1994 film), an American television animated short film
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''White Wash'' (film), a 2011 American documentary film
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''Whitewash'' (2013 film), a Canadian drama film
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''Whitewash'' (book), a 2017 nonfiction book by Carey Gillam
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Germany and Israel: Whitewashing and Statebuilding, a 2020 nonfiction book by Daniel Marwecki
* Whitewash Jones, a racist caricature from the 1940s comic book ''
Young Allies Young Allies, in comics, may refer to one of the following superhero teams:
* Young Allies (DC Comics), a team made up of young superheroes featured in ''Young All-Stars'' published by DC Comics
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Whitewash (sport)
In sport, a whitewash or sweep is a series in which a person or team wins every game, or when a player or team wins a match to-nil.
Usage by sport Baseball
In Major League Baseball, teams typically play multiple games against each other; if on ...
, a sports series in which one side wins every contest
* Whitewash procedure, in shareholder law, a legal procedure regarding
financial assistance
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Blanqueamiento
Blanqueamiento in Spanish, or branqueamento in Portuguese (both meaning ''whitening''), was a social, political, and economic practice used in many post-colonial countries in the Americas and Oceania to "improve the race" (''mejorar la raza' ...
, branqueamento, or "whitening", a social practice in many post-colonial countries to "improve the race" towards a supposed ideal of whiteness
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Racial whitening, branqueamento in Brazil between 1889 and 1914
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Shutout
In team sports, a shutout (North American English, US) or clean sheet (Commonwealth English, UK) is a game in which the losing team fails to score. While possible in most major sports, they are highly improbable in some sports, such as basketba ...
, a sports contest in which one side prevents the other from scoring any points
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thickening agent
A thickening agent or thickener is a substance which can increase the viscosity of a liquid without substantially changing its other properties. Edible thickeners are commonly used to thicken sauces, soups, and puddings without altering their ...
used in cooking, flour blended with water to make a paste
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