White gaze

The white gaze is the assumption that the default reader or observer is coming from a perspective of someone who identifies themselves as white, or that people of color sometimes feel need to take into account the white reader or observer's reaction.[1] Various authors of color describe it as a voice in their heads that reminds them that their writing, characters, and plot choices are going to be judged by white readers, and that the reader or viewer, by default, is white.[1][2][3][4]

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  4. ^ Wallowitz, Laraine (2008). "Chapter 9: Resisting the White Gaze: Critical Literacy and Toni Morrison's "The Bluest Eye"". Counterpoints. 326: 151–164. ISSN 1058-1634. JSTOR 42980110.