Whitewashing is the act of glossing over or covering up vices, crimes or scandals or exonerating by means of a perfunctory investigation or biased presentation of data.

What does it mean when someone says whitewashed?

To whitewash is to intentionally hide some kind of wrongdoing, error, or unpleasant situation—or deal with it in a way that attempts to make it seem less bad than it is. ... More recently, the word whitewash has become a slang term meaning to cast a white actor to play a character of color, such as in a TV show or movie.

What does whitewashed mean in Kpop?

It has been scientifically researched that East Asians (mainly Koreans, Chinese, Japanese) generally has a lighter skin tone. Some of us feel that it's mostly the Southeast Asian fans getting crazy over this "Whitewash" culture, because they want kpop idols to resemble them more. (