In the Netherlands, the term “blank” is a synonym for 'White' (see also “White”). As an identity category, the term shares its genealogy with other terms such as Black (from the Latin) and associated with the racial sciences of the 18th and 19th century. The Van Dale dictionary, defines the term as “unblemished” and non-colored. (See “White”, “Black” and “Person of Color”). The association of such ‘neutral’ and even ‘positive’ connotations of the word has generated critique from anti-racist/racial equality activists in the Netherlands, demanding that the word be replaced with the term “White” as a racial and political identity.