It may be why whitewashing, which is when white actors take Asian roles, appears to be less of a concern, with Asian press and social media often slower to pick up the debate compared to the West.
Commenting on the decision not to press charges against Shomer, B'Tselem said in a press release the case was "part of the whitewash mechanism which is Israel's military investigative system" and showed the willingness of the army to provide "impunity to members of the security forces who unlawfully killed Palestinians".
Delicacy proved to be a liability for an ethereal sculpture by Maria Elena González, "Whitewash Tower," which was damaged in transit; for the moment the artist has replaced it with "Grill Cross Box" (2005), an even more fragile-looking work consisting of a fluorescent light box adorned with strings of glue.
Evil AI hype, he says, is being used to whitewash a much more serious issue, which is job displacement.
"What this signals is that the administration has finally taken a position, which is that they are going to whitewash the whole thing," he said.
Which is one of the reasons the whitewashing of 5Pointz's walls was greeted with such vociferous dismay.
And his bleak room of whitewash interrupted by patches of damp is now decorated with his lino prints – which is fantastic".
But even the veteran Ashrawi cannot whitewash the impact of some Palestinian messages that put their position in a context which is not convenient to them.
The cis/whitewashing seen in this movie is all too common in Hollywood, which is notorious for writing white people into roles meant for people of color.
If you visit any evergreen stand during the day, look on the ground for signs of owls, like whitewash or owl pellets, which are the undigested remains of animals that the owls cough up.
