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Wait, brown bag is subtle racism? Somebody needs to explain this to me because I know for a fact I’ve taken lunch to school in paper bags that were literally b

by imgabe 4y ago

Wait, brown bag is subtle racism? Somebody needs to explain this to me because I know for a fact I’ve taken lunch to school in paper bags that were literally brown and I have no idea what else this could possibly refer to. Edit: Looked it up: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/theres-more-seattle-brown-bag-racial-controversy-meets-eye-flna6C10836263 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/theres-more-seattle-bro... > "the phrase 'brown bag' does bring up associations with the past when a brown bag was actually used, I understand, to determine if people's skin color was light enough to allow admission to an event or to come into a party that was being held in a private home. Yeesh, If someone hears a common phrase (and literal physical description) and immediately jumps to the conclusion that the speaker is referring to some obscure historical factoid in an attempt to slight them...that person needs to get a life. I refuse to believe a single person is actually offended by this rather than just stirring shit up because they crave attention. There's no way.

randomdata 4y ago
> I’ve taken lunch to school in paper bags that were literally brown Are you sure they weren't a certain shade of orange?
- AbusiveHNAdmin 4y ago
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- imgabe 4y ago
  I'm no graphic designer or artist, they look brown to me. They still sell them at Walmart: https://www.walmart.com/ip/Great-Value-Self-Standing-Lunch-Bags-Brown-100-Count/186661182?athbdg=L1102 https://www.walmart.com/ip/Great-Value-Self-Standing-Lunch-B...
  - Version467 4y ago
    I could be wrong, but I think the parent comment is just a reference to the fact that brown doesn't exist. There's no wavelength that our brains map to brown. Instead what we perceive as brown is just orange, but less bright. And wether we see it as brown or dark orange depends entirely on context.
    - imgabe 4y ago
      Ah, well I learned something new today
    - layer8 4y ago
      Colors isn’t the same as wavelengths, though. Two different colors having the same wavelength isn’t a contradiction. Similarly, different wavelength mixes can constitute the same color, because the human eye only has three color receptors.
    - ThunderSizzle 4y ago
      This seems like a needless distinction though. If people refer to a certain segment/shade of orange as brown in both normal discussions, art, interior design, etc., then it's brown. It's an interesting tidbit of knowledge, but it's a useless correction and needless distinction.
    - nzach 4y ago
      See this[0] for a longer explanation. [0] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh4aWZRtTwU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh4aWZRtTwU
- bilvar 4y ago
  I'm colourblind so I'd posit that the people who banned the term brown-bag are ableist.
  - biorach 4y ago
    > i'm colourblind so I'd posit that the people who banned the term brown-bag are ableist Upvoted on the optimistic assumption that this was a joke
    - bilvar 4y ago
      Of course it is! :)
      - biorach 4y ago
        in a thread like this Poe's law reigns
usrbinbash 4y ago
Wow, that's actually the justification people give for this BS? In that case, we should immediately ban bread, cars and stop using clothing. Because, Nazis ate bread, used cars and wore clothes. What the hell...

by imgabe 4y ago

randomdata 4y ago

> I’ve taken lunch to school in paper bags that were literally brown Are you sure they weren't a certain shade of orange?

AbusiveHNAdmin 4y ago
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imgabe 4y ago
I'm no graphic designer or artist, they look brown to me. They still sell them at Walmart: https://www.walmart.com/ip/Great-Value-Self-Standing-Lunch-Bags-Brown-100-Count/186661182?athbdg=L1102 https://www.walmart.com/ip/Great-Value-Self-Standing-Lunch-B...
- Version467 4y ago
  I could be wrong, but I think the parent comment is just a reference to the fact that brown doesn't exist. There's no wavelength that our brains map to brown. Instead what we perceive as brown is just orange, but less bright. And wether we see it as brown or dark orange depends entirely on context.
  - imgabe 4y ago
    Ah, well I learned something new today
  - layer8 4y ago
    Colors isn’t the same as wavelengths, though. Two different colors having the same wavelength isn’t a contradiction. Similarly, different wavelength mixes can constitute the same color, because the human eye only has three color receptors.
  - ThunderSizzle 4y ago
    This seems like a needless distinction though. If people refer to a certain segment/shade of orange as brown in both normal discussions, art, interior design, etc., then it's brown. It's an interesting tidbit of knowledge, but it's a useless correction and needless distinction.
  - nzach 4y ago
    See this[0] for a longer explanation. [0] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh4aWZRtTwU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh4aWZRtTwU
bilvar 4y ago
I'm colourblind so I'd posit that the people who banned the term brown-bag are ableist.
- biorach 4y ago
  > i'm colourblind so I'd posit that the people who banned the term brown-bag are ableist Upvoted on the optimistic assumption that this was a joke
  - bilvar 4y ago
    Of course it is! :)
    - biorach 4y ago
      in a thread like this Poe's law reigns

usrbinbash 4y ago

Wow, that's actually the justification people give for this BS? In that case, we should immediately ban bread, cars and stop using clothing. Because, Nazis ate bread, used cars and wore clothes. What the hell...