A describing word for people, places or culture that feel safe, ordinary, and dull — traditional middle-class white American life with nothing surprising in it. A white-bread suburb, a white-bread family, white-bread music.

for用來形容 that feel感覺起來 safe安全、 ordinary平凡、 and dull又無聊的 people, places or culture人、地方或文化 A describing word的形容詞 — traditional傳統 middle-class中產階級 white American life美國白人的生活， with nothing surprising in it裡面沒有什麼讓人意外的東西。 A white-bread suburb白麵包式的郊區、 a white-bread family白麵包式的家庭、 white-bread music白麵包式的音樂。

The comparison is to plain white sliced bread: soft, mild, no flavour, no texture, nothing to chew on.

The comparison is to這個比喻比的是 plain white sliced bread普通的白切片吐司： soft軟、 mild溫吞、 no flavour沒味道、 no texture沒口感、 nothing to chew on沒有東西可嚼。

It is always a criticism, and it is never neutral, so be careful — it carries a comment about race as well as taste, saying something is bland *because* it is narrowly white and mainstream. Some listeners find it mildly insulting, others find it fair social comment; it is mostly American, mostly informal, and it is used more in writing about culture than in polite conversation.

It它 is always永遠是 a criticism一種批評， and never neutral而且從來不中立， so be careful所以要小心 — it它 carries帶著 about race as well as taste關於種族、也關於品味的 a comment評論， saying說 something某個東西 is bland乏味， *because*正是因為 it它 is narrowly white and mainstream狹隘地白人又主流。 Some listeners有些聽的人 find it覺得它 mildly insulting有點冒犯， others另一些人 find it覺得它是 fair social comment公道的社會評論； it它 is mostly American主要是美式、 mostly informal主要是非正式的， and than in polite conversation而且比起在客氣的交談裡， it is used more它更常被用 in writing about culture在談文化的文字裡。

Understand it when you read it; think twice before saying it about a real person.

when you read it讀到它的時候， Understand it把它看懂； about a real person拿它去說一個真實的人 before saying it之前， think twice先想兩次。