PS - it's fascinating that the phrase "COLORED PEOPLE" is universally declared as offensive,
but the slightly similar phrase "PEOPLE OF COLOR" is more than acceptable and even celebrated
To quote Don Van Vliet...
"We're all colored, or you wouldn't be able to see anyone"
Skin color is about the stupidest aspect over which to judge someone, yet in our day and age a lot of well-meaning stupid people continue to reinforce this aspect (skin color) in a million different ways...especially white Liberals, who feel that they're obliged to rescue others. Malcolm X's statements on white Liberal are primary material
Anyway, if all the lights are turned off in a room, no one can see each other's skin color...
Things were certainly different 80 or 100 years ago, Tosh. It's almost as if there's some sort of type of "progression" or "cultural advancement" that occurs as the March of Historic Happenings commence. I'm glad you didn't make the mistake (in this piece) that most poor writers make in assessing and explaining historical racism...that is, the mistake of blaming people of our 2022 generation as being responsible for tragic racist events of the distant, murky past. All cultures and ALL people over time have experienced hatred and undeserved violence. If one doesn't understand this, then one forfeits their right to comment on specific moments history. Life is good, life is bad...let's not edited out other experiences that were experienced by experiencers
PS - it's fascinating that the phrase "COLORED PEOPLE" is universally declared as offensive,
but the slightly similar phrase "PEOPLE OF COLOR" is more than acceptable and even celebrated
To quote Don Van Vliet...
"We're all colored, or you wouldn't be able to see anyone"
Skin color is about the stupidest aspect over which to judge someone, yet in our day and age a lot of well-meaning stupid people continue to reinforce this aspect (skin color) in a million different ways...especially white Liberals, who feel that they're obliged to rescue others. Malcolm X's statements on white Liberal are primary material
Anyway, if all the lights are turned off in a room, no one can see each other's skin color...
Things were certainly different 80 or 100 years ago, Tosh. It's almost as if there's some sort of type of "progression" or "cultural advancement" that occurs as the March of Historic Happenings commence. I'm glad you didn't make the mistake (in this piece) that most poor writers make in assessing and explaining historical racism...that is, the mistake of blaming people of our 2022 generation as being responsible for tragic racist events of the distant, murky past. All cultures and ALL people over time have experienced hatred and undeserved violence. If one doesn't understand this, then one forfeits their right to comment on specific moments history. Life is good, life is bad...let's not edited out other experiences that were experienced by experiencers