Dyer has also argued that Monroe's platinum blonde hair became such a defining feature because it made her "racially unambiguous" and exclusively white just as the civil rights movement was beginning, and that she should be seen as emblematic of racism in twentieth-century popular culture.
Dyer juga berpendapat bahwa rambut pirang platinum menjadi tampilan terkenal Monroe karena hal tersebut menjadikannya "tak ambigu secara rasial" dan mengeksklusifkan orang putih saat Gerakan Hak Sipil sedang dimulai, dan bahwa ia dipandang sebagai lambang rasisme dalam budaya populer abad kedua puluh.