"sounds about white" meaning in English

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Phrase

Etymology: Wordplay based on "sounds about right". Etymology templates: {{m|en||sounds about right}} sounds about right Head templates: {{head|en|phrase|head=sounds about white}} sounds about white
  1. (colloquial, often humorous) Expressing that something (which was done or said by a white person) is the kind of thing the speaker would expect a white person or white people to do. Tags: colloquial, humorous, often Categories (topical): Racism
    Sense id: en-sounds_about_white-en-phrase-Jf9ujq0d Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys

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