1. The unbearable whiteness of DC.
- Author
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Eyres, Harry
- Subjects
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WHITE -- Symbolic aspects , *RACIAL identity of white people , *MEMORIALS , *NEOCLASSICISM (Architecture) , *BLACK people , *HISTORY ,HISTORY of Washington, D.C. ,WASHINGTON (D.C.) monuments - Abstract
The article discusses the author's claim about the whiteness of Washington, D.C., and it mentions the use of white marble and paint in the construction of various historical monuments, museums, and memorials in the city, as well as information about the history of America's White House presidential residence and European neoclassicism architecture and art. The symbolic nature of Washington, D.C.'s whiteness is examined, along with gentrification and black people in the city.
- Published
- 2017