The qualities of “whiteness” are considered “right” and “ideal” and is what measures a person's potential and abilities. Johnson explains that she is not seen as an average black girl because she "talks white" and is superior to girls of her race who "pop their gums and shake their necks." Because those girls don't get any respect. ” (Johnson, E. 2014, 1:58) She informs that society does not consider her the average black girl because of her lighter pigmented skin, but because she is educated, she speaks with class and is polite. It is seen here that whiteness it is not just about “bodies and skin color,” it is, in fact, a superior characteristic that elevated its “blackness” by adopting white practices (Moreton-Robinson, A.