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 • Nov. 7, 2024
“I come from a very white area, so I like to say U.M.B.C. started my education on multiple levels,” she said.
From New York Times • Aug. 2, 2022
“It’s been great because I go to a predominantly white school in a predominantly white area and I’m able to be around people who look like me,” said Johnson, the Roosevelt teen.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 18, 2022
Let me state that we live in a predominantly white area, and this is my boys’ first exposure to anyone looking different than them.
From Slate • Jun. 19, 2019
In Hillbrow, we lived in a white area, and nobody looked like me.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
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