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  • n  (slang) a derogatory term for a white person (supposedly used by North American Indians)

  • He was forced to import paleface students, who at first took a wry view of his brave motto.
  • What do you mean "we," paleface? Two years ago, the NAACP launched a high-profile campaign to get more minorities in lead roles on prime-time shows and lead positions behind the .
  • But centuries before paleface cartographers gave the peak that name, Alaskan Indians, Aleuts and Eskimos called it by another: Denali, or "the Great One" in the Athabascan Indian .
News & Articles

  • The Song "Indiana" by Paleface Picasso is Blowing Up the Hoosier State
    Paleface Picasso's new song "Indiana" and the remix edition is making the Hoosier state proud! This song has quite a story behind it. (PRWeb July 26, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/7/prweb10948916.htm
    July 26, 2013 - PRWeb
  • Paleface at JJ’s Bohemia — July 26
    Critically acclaimed Americana artist Paleface (guitar, harmonica, vocals) will perform at 10 p.m. Friday, July 26, at JJ’s Bohemia, 235 E. M.L. King Blvd.
    July 25, 2013 - Chattanooga Times Free Press
Quotes

  • Philip Rahv in New York Times Blogs (blog)
    In 1939, another critic, Philip Rahv, wrote a defining essay entitled "Paleface and Redskin" that presciently put the current dispute into perspective almost 70 years before Kirn took up the job of ambushing Wood.

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