White

White is an achromatic color, literally a "color without hue", that is a mixture of the frequencies of all the colors of the visible spectrum. It is one of the most common colors in nature, the color of sunlight, snow, milk, chalk, limestone and other common minerals. In many cultures white represents or signifies purity, innocence, and light, and is the symbolic opposite of black, or darkness. According to surveys in Europe and the United States, white is the color most often associated with perfection, the good, honesty, cleanliness, the beginning, the new, neutrality, and exactitude.

In ancient Egypt and ancient Rome, priestesses wore white as a symbol of purity, and Romans wore a white toga as a symbol of citizenship. In the Middle Ages and Renaissance a white unicorn symbolized chastity, and a white lamb sacrifice and purity; the widows of kings dressed in white rather than black as the color of mourning. It sometimes symbolizes royalty; it was the color of the French kings (black being the color of the queens) and of the monarchist movement after the French Revolution as well as of the movement called the White Russians (not to be confounded with Belarus, literally "White Russia") who fought the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War (1917-1922). Greek and Roman temples were faced with white marble, and beginning in the 18th century, with the advent of neoclassical architecture, white became the most common color of new churches, capitols and other government buildings, especially in the United States of America. It was also widely used in 20th century modern architecture as a symbol of modernity, simplicity and strength.

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‘I’m white, I’m beautiful, I’m hot’: White woman accused of threatening black women is missing, ...

The Valdosta Daily Times 01 Nov 2018

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'The biggest terror threat in this country is white men': Don Lemon says country needs to 'start doing something' about white males in the midst of his own plea to 'stop demonizing people' based on race

This is Money 01 Nov 2018

CNN host Don Lemon is facing criticism over recent remarks suggesting that white men are 'the biggest terror threat in this country' ... gunman in Kentucky last week when Lemon called white men 'the biggest terror threat'....

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'I'm white, I'm beautiful, I'm hot': White woman accused of threatening black women is missing, ...

Finger Lakes Times 01 Nov 2018

CHARLOTTE, N.C. —A white woman accused of threatening two African-American women at a south Charlotte apartment complex is facing a new criminal charge this week but police say they can't find her ... A viral video shows Westwood repeatedly asking a black neighbor why she's there, adding "I'm white, I'm beautiful, I'm hot." ... Police on Wednesday, though, said they can't locate Westwood to serve the warrant ... "They are African-American." ... ___ ... ....

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Snowberry bushes brighten forest with pearl-white fruit

Journal Gazette 01 Nov 2018

Although its fall, there are some berries still clinging to bushes in the mountains. One of them is the snowberry ... ....

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White House, athletes pressure anti-doping body to reform

Journal Gazette 01 Nov 2018

WASHINGTON (AP) — Olympic athletes joined the acting White House drug czar and anti-doping officials from seven other countries on Wednesday to call on the World Anti-Doping Agency to reform its governance, saying major changes are necessary to ensure drug-free ... ....

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White House won't provide backing for Trump's birthright citizenship claim

The Courier-Tribune 01 Nov 2018

WASHINGTON — White House officials are unable to point to or describe any internal assessment to justify President Donald Trump’s contention that he can unilaterally end the granting of U.S. citizenship to any child born on American soil.Several Trump aides were asked whether such a legal analysis was conducted by the White House ......

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CNN not commenting on Lemon's remark about white men

SCNOW Morning News 01 Nov 2018

NEW YORK (AP) — CNN isn't commenting about Don Lemon's statement that white men represent the biggest terrorist threat in the country ... Meanwhile, white men are the suspects in recent ......

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Cop accused of telling teen: 'Welcome to white man's world'

Mankato Free Press 01 Nov 2018

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — Two police officers used excessive force while arresting two Latino teenagers, and one officer said "welcome to the white man's world," according to a federal indictment unsealed in Massachusetts ... ....

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NYT's Mara Gay: ‘I’m Not Willing to Let White Voters off the Hook’ for Supporting ...

Breitbart 01 Nov 2018

Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Deadline,” New York Times editorial board member Mara Gay said she was “not willing to let white voters off the hook” for their support of President Donald Trump....

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'Welcome to the white man’s world': 2 Springfield police officers accused of using 'unreasonable force' ...

The Boston Globe 01 Nov 2018

One officer resigned, the other is suspended without pay because of the indictment, officials said ... ....

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White break

Shelbyville Daily Union 01 Nov 2018

Shelby's Caroline White (4 pts) leads a Ram break with St A's Maddie Kibler defending. She scored in the late Ram charge. - Boester photo ... ....

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People: CNN not commenting on Lemon's remark about white men

The Providence Journal 01 Nov 2018

NEW YORK — CNN isn't commenting about Don Lemon's statement that white men represent the biggest terrorist threat in the country.Lemon's statement, on his show Monday, attracted criticism in conservative circles ... Meanwhile, white men are the suspects in recent shootings of two black people in Kentucky and at a synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. [...] ... ....

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