Definition of "whitey" []

• Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a white person or white people. (noun)

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• "By the end of the primaries a rumor was running rampant: there was a tape floating around on which Michelle could be heard saying the word whitey."
• "Old "whitey" is always wrong when it comes to blacks on any issue!"
• "Additionally, she said, "whitey" is simply not a word that African Americans of her generation tend to use — or that she herself would ever say."