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Would you prefer being referred to as “Pantone 4637-C”? Do you sincerely think people do not realize “hardly anyone is actually black or white”? Nobody cares

Would you prefer being referred to as “Pantone 4637-C”? Do you sincerely think people do not realize “hardly anyone is actually black or white”? Nobody cares what color your skin is. Except, maybe, a dermatologist or a makeup manufacturer.

mwambua 5y ago
I prefer any grouping that describes me using attributes that actually belong to me. "Human", "Dark skinned person", "Engineer", etc I'm not a "Black Person". I get that's the term that people use (and I won't be offended if someone uses it to refer to me), but it's inaccurate and I wish we'd stop using it. > Nobody cares what color your skin is. I sincerely wish that were true.
- lurquer 5y ago
  >but it's inaccurate and I wish we'd stop using it. You’re not making sense. Is your beef with being referred to by a color? Or, is it being referred to with an inaccurate color? The video — and your post — seems to ask people to open their eyes and realize people come in all kinds of colors. We’re supposed to say, “Wow. That’s so profound! How enlightening!” Whatever. It’s an obvious fact. What, then, is the point of the video? What purpose is served by focusing on skin color? Nobody thinks Blacks are literally black. Nobody thinks Whites are literally white.
  - mwambua 5y ago
    Yes, the problem is that I'm lumped into a group using a term that doesn't describe me accurately. > What purpose is served by focusing on skin color? I'm as clueless as you on this. Skin color is largely unimportant, and we'd make a lot more progress as society if we stopped focusing on it so much. Sad reality (at least in the U.S.) is that people seem to care a lot about what color you were fortunate (or unfortunate) enough to inherit from your parents. > Nobody thinks Blacks are literally black. Nobody thinks Whites are literally white. Awesome! Then let's use accurate terms! (If we must)
    - lurquer 5y ago
      > Awesome! Then let's use accurate terms! (If we must) Great. Start with supporters of Black Lives Matters. Start with those speaking about ‘White’ privilege. Start with those referring to themselves as ‘people of color.’ This is the language being used by the Left. Endlessly.

mwambua 5y ago

I prefer any grouping that describes me using attributes that actually belong to me. "Human", "Dark skinned person", "Engineer", etc I'm not a "Black Person". I get that's the term that people use (and I won't be offended if someone uses it to refer to me), but it's inaccurate and I wish we'd stop using it. > Nobody cares what color your skin is. I sincerely wish that were true.

lurquer 5y ago
>but it's inaccurate and I wish we'd stop using it. You’re not making sense. Is your beef with being referred to by a color? Or, is it being referred to with an inaccurate color? The video — and your post — seems to ask people to open their eyes and realize people come in all kinds of colors. We’re supposed to say, “Wow. That’s so profound! How enlightening!” Whatever. It’s an obvious fact. What, then, is the point of the video? What purpose is served by focusing on skin color? Nobody thinks Blacks are literally black. Nobody thinks Whites are literally white.
- mwambua 5y ago
  Yes, the problem is that I'm lumped into a group using a term that doesn't describe me accurately. > What purpose is served by focusing on skin color? I'm as clueless as you on this. Skin color is largely unimportant, and we'd make a lot more progress as society if we stopped focusing on it so much. Sad reality (at least in the U.S.) is that people seem to care a lot about what color you were fortunate (or unfortunate) enough to inherit from your parents. > Nobody thinks Blacks are literally black. Nobody thinks Whites are literally white. Awesome! Then let's use accurate terms! (If we must)
  - lurquer 5y ago
    > Awesome! Then let's use accurate terms! (If we must) Great. Start with supporters of Black Lives Matters. Start with those speaking about ‘White’ privilege. Start with those referring to themselves as ‘people of color.’ This is the language being used by the Left. Endlessly.