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		tw-hnw99 6 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Scott Adams has died The term isn't racist. Whitewash is a lime-based "paint" often used to conceal faults, and is literally the most direct a metaphor could be for glossing over a person's faults. Please educate yourself.

jimmydddd 6 days ago [–]

Agreed. But you're fighting a losing battle. "Calling a spade a spade" is similar. Has nothing to do with race, but can't use it in modern context.

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