TK: Insert “The Unbearable Whiteness of Something” Pun Here
31st May 2019
A website called Media Analytics lets you graph the New York Times’ usage of words and phrases from 1970-2017. For example, for years the New York Times used “whiteness” in articles about polar exploration, laundry bleach, and interior decorating. But suddenly, around 2015, “whiteness” became the Times‘ go-to racial slur.