hyperwhite

hyperwhite

English

Etymology

hyper- +‎ white

Adjective

hyperwhite (comparative more hyperwhite, superlative most hyperwhite)

1. Very much white or Caucasian; following the stereotypes of the white race to the exclusion of others.
   • 2008, Ozmioz Mak, Victory Sex, page 14:

     To compensate for being so hyperwhite and boring, Petula is sexually active.

   • 2009, Robert S. Levine, Dislocating Race and Nation

     This [a depiction of people with brown skin] is the one such representation in Parker and Sendak's illustrated (and critically abridged) edition, which otherwise presents the characters as almost surreally hyperwhite.

   • 2010, Daniel J. Walkowitz, City Folk, page 258:

     But as one recent cultural critic points out, in creating a hyperwhite “safe” space, “nerds” rejected black hip-hop music and dress.