An Argument Against White Paint: Book Award Winner Complains About White Paint Because of Its “Purity” and “Cleanliness”

thenewamerican ^ | 09 26 2026 | R. Cort Kirkwood

[yesthatjallen]

In yet another of the year’s intellectually embarrassing events, a book called A Dead White: An Argument Against White Paint has won a National Book Award for nonfiction.

“White paint,” argues authoress and Columbia University Professor Wendy Walters, is too pure and too clean. And that, of course, means it is racist and white supremacist.

The screed reflects many of the winners of this year’s award, all which seem to be a cri du coeur about the white Christian man’s oppression of everyone around him. And Walter’s argument is rather akin to the claim from Rutgers University Professor Brittney Cooper that the white man stole time from the black man to oppress him.

The Book

Scribner / Simon & Schuster published Walters’ preposterous proposition. “It’s hard to identify a material that takes up more sensory space and has received less critical examination than white paint,” the company’s note says.

SNIIP

[Theophilus]

XLII. —The Whiteness of the Whale

"It was the whiteness of the whale that above all things appalled me. But how can I hope to explain myself here; and yet, in some dim, random way, explain myself I must, else all these chapters might be naught."

Delve into 'The Whiteness of The Whale', Chapter 42 of Herman Melville's 'Moby Dick', narrated with thought-provoking depth by EchoTales Audiobooks. This chapter explores the symbolic and terrifying significance of the color white as embodied by Moby Dick. Melville uses the concept of whiteness to delve into themes of fear, mystery, and the unknown, making this one of the most philosophically rich sections of the novel

Ligonier -Transfiguration-Part-2 "I don’t have time to develop it this morning, but I do have to tell you: as far as I’m concerned, the most profound chapter in English or American literature ever written by a human pen without divine inspiration is found in Melville’s Moby Dick, in the chapter entitled “The Whiteness of the Whale.” There was a reason why that whale was white in the literary creativity of Melville. If you want to catch a glimpse into the significance of whiteness in theology and in biblical concept, I urge you to go home and read that chapter, “The Whiteness of the Whale.” Jesus manifests His deity in a purity of whiteness that contains no spot, no wrinkle, and no blemish. It is the overwhelming manifestation of His deity."

[Chickensoup]

The genocidal drum beat goes on.

Paint

Fingernails

Hair

All hate.

[Chickensoup]

Interesting.

She author is half to 3/4 white herself.

Genocidal.

[Chickensoup]

Interesting.

She author is half to 3/4 white herself.

Genocidal.

[cyclotic]

I guess we’re safe from being called racist. I drive a black truck, my wife has a white car.

But, when we’re a white couple together, in the white car, rolling over the black asphalt, separated by white paint lines, we’re probably oppressing blacks, or something.

It’s so great to be part of the patriarchy