white area
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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In 2021, Nyarai and her family moved from London to Llanelli, and she said was a "daunting experience" leaving a city where she identified with a lot of people to a predominantly white area.
From BBC
The girls grew up in a predominantly white area of Pennsylvania and although they looked different from all of their friends, they always basically felt like they were white.
From Seattle Times
In the Staten Island precinct where he works, a predominantly white area with a high percentage of cops and other city workers, Bianchi said multitudes of people he pulled over for traffic infractions flashed him one of the cards.
From Seattle Times
Ms. Calhoun-Thomas lives in a largely white area in the eastern part of the city; her government job routinely takes her to the city’s west side, which is mostly Black.
From New York Times
I credit the internet with giving me the ability to talk about race and racism, because I grew up in a predominantly white area.
From Slate
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