Whiteness
What does my “cultural wallpaper” have to do with racism?
6 min readJun 20, 2020
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“Being White in America has long been treated, at least by White people, as too familiar to be of much interest. It’s been the default identity, the cultural wallpaper — something described, when described at all, using bland metaphors like milk and vanilla and codes like “cornfed” and “all-American.” Grass is green, the sky is blue and, until very recently, a product described as “nude” or “flesh-colored” probably looked like White people’s skin.” (Emily Bazelon, 2018).
