whitewashings
Glossing over scandals
Whitewashings are acts of concealing faults, scandals, or wrongdoing by presenting misleading information or a favorable interpretation.
The term comes from the practice of applying white paint to make dingy surfaces look clean: The report was criticized as another in a series of whitewashings by the committee.
Also refers literally to multiple applications of whitewash.
Reexamining established doctrine
- atrocitiesExtremely cruel acts
- colonialismDomination through foreign settlement
- genocideSystematic annihilation of a people
- slaveryOwnership of people
narratives · sanitization · denial · memorials · textbooks · commemoration · erasure · victims
Acts of concealing wrongdoing
- scandalsPublicized shameful acts
- corruptionDishonest abuse of power
- investigationsSystematic searches for truth
- exposésReports uncovering hidden truths
accountability · truth · revelations · denials · obfuscation · spin · propaganda · suppression
Applied surface layers
- limeAcidic green citrus
- paintColored coating substance
- wallsVertical enclosing structures
- fencesBoundary structures around yards
application · brushwork · layers · surfaces · exteriors · barns · farmhouses · brightening
Shaping through liquid form
- representationDepiction or likeness
- HollywoodAmerican film industry center
- rolesPositions or functions held
- actorsThose playing roles
appropriation · erasure · diversity · inclusion · tokenism · stereotyping · authenticity · yellowface
revisionism
Reexamining established doctrine
- atrocitiesExtremely cruel acts
- colonialismDomination through foreign settlement
- genocideSystematic annihilation of a people
slavery · narratives · sanitization · denial · memorials · textbooks · commemoration · erasure · victims · perpetrators
cover-ups
Acts of concealing wrongdoing
- scandalsPublicized shameful acts
- corruptionDishonest abuse of power
- investigationsSystematic searches for truth
exposés · accountability · truth · revelations · denials · obfuscation · spin · propaganda · suppression · censorship
coatings
Applied surface layers
fences · application · brushwork · layers · surfaces · exteriors · barns · farmhouses · brightening · touch-ups
casting
Shaping through liquid form
- representationDepiction or likeness
- HollywoodAmerican film industry center
- rolesPositions or functions held
actors · appropriation · erasure · diversity · inclusion · tokenism · stereotyping · authenticity · yellowface · brownface
whitewashingsexposés
Reports uncovering hidden truths
full disclosures · revelations · exposures · unmaskings · uncoverings
whitewashingscondemnations
Formal expressions of strong disapproval
indictments · prosecutions · reckonings · censures · denunciations