Whitewashing the Movies - Video

David Oh of Ramapo University discusses his theoretical understanding of whitewashing in his forthcoming book (November 2021, Rutgers University Press). Specifically, he proposes that whitewashing operates as a strategy of Whiteness that functions to reinforce White racial hegemony (White supremacy). He discusses how the symbolic erasure of Asian Americans operates to further this strategic purpose. [March 28, 2022]

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