White is the color in which sunlight is not broken down into the different shades of the spectrum.
White is the spectrum in which all colors are present ; In other words, it is the color of sunlight not broken down into the different shades of the spectrum. Some elements known with this shade are snow and cotton .
Let's look at this term in context: "My grandfather always wore a white hat that he had bought in Cuba," "I would like to paint the wall white, but I'm afraid it would get dirty and marked easily," "The young man died after being hit by a car ." white man who fled."
Beyond the different definitions that can be made about the color white, the term is used as an adjective to refer to a thing that has a lighter color compared to others of the same species; This can be seen, for example, in the case of white wine (as opposed to red ) and white bread (as an option over black ), since these are two products whose real color is not white.
white individuals
Whites are, on the other hand, individuals who belong to the Caucasian or European race ; They receive this name because of the difference in color that their skin shows compared to that of the other races (black, yellow, red): «The Córdoba team is testing a white pivot who has just played in the Polish league» , «The "Blacks have better athletic ability than whites."
There are too many stories of discrimination that many human beings have suffered throughout history just for not belonging to the white race, the supposed color of "superiority and purity." And it is not a mere act of isolated contempt: persecutions, slavery , excessive aggression, spontaneous attacks that arise from a deep-rooted hatred in millions of people towards those who do not have similar skin.
A white individual is part of the so-called Caucasian race.
racism
In this century, in this decade, young people remember being shot because of their race; families whose dinners were interrupted by a rock being thrown through the window of their house, for the absurd reason of having multiracial children. Those who have traveled the world will surely have witnessed or suffered the difference in treatment that immigrants receive according to the color of their skin.
Racism is found in the genome of our societies, and is fed by expressions and concepts such as the analogy between "white and clean", as opposed to "black and dirty". Christian brides dress in white to symbolize their purity; If they had stained his name and that of his parents, then he would not be able to wear that color, but a darker one... how about black?
The list of negative connotations that the color black receives in our language, always reinforced by positive aspects of white, continues. Take, for example, the use of the expression “black time” to refer to a time of great suffering. In some cases, these may be unfortunate coincidences, as is the case with the concepts of "lightness" and " darkness ", which are undeniably linked to different degrees of visibility and ease of moving around the environment.
Other uses of the term white
It is said that a person is white or turns white when a scare or a strong emotion causes them to lose the usual color of their face: "Dario went white when he saw his sister enter the living room," "I tried to be calm, but "When they pointed the revolver at me, I turned white."
Other uses of the word target are linked to the target used in target shooting exercises, which has a circular shape and a design of concentric circles, and to the gaps or intermediates that exist between two things or situations: "I would like to practice target shooting." "Between the first class and the second, I have a three-hour blank that I don't know how to fill."