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Author: lakingsif

May 21st 2015 at 12:43:04 PM

^ Yes. You'll see that there have been several examples in the comments that haven't made it, DQZ, because there has been objection that whilst perhaps someone who may be rich may own something white they are not examples where the creators have chosen to use the whiteness of something to signpost that this person represents wealth.

In the past, white things were only for the ridiculously rich but now they are not - however, there doesn't need to be a reason as to ''why'' creators choose to use white things as shorthand for wealth, just that they do and they know they do.

Additionally, something that may be useful to note, if anyone things it belongs in the description, is that this trope is often employed with contrasts (a technique taught in media and film) where the white represents goodness implicit with wealth as the people with blackness always end up poor.

I'll add the new examples, and I want you to understand that there doesn't need to be a reason for the colour being white, just that it's used.