In her book ???The History of White People,??? historian and author Nell Irvin Painter identifies black celebrities and leaders such as Beyonc?? Knowles, Tiger Woods, Bill Cosby, Oprah Winfrey, and Barack Obama in possession of these sources of power, which whitens their identities; Painter describes, ???none of these individuals is white, but being white these days is not what it used to be??? (3