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
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 • Jun. 20, 2023
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 • Mar. 2, 2023
The white people were in California, some in the state capital, Sacramento, and others from a rural and largely white area about 300 miles away.
From New York Times • Mar. 23, 2020
She saw a small white area on a dirty dark-brown arm.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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