Allow me to whitesplain something...

[Rickeroo]

“People of color,” once politically correct, is becoming a way of obscuring difference.

This is a black woman's take on how she feels "of color" should not replace "black" in describing her race. A well written article, but she is missing the point of how society, specifically leftist society, views her race. She's questioning why white people refer to her race in a certain way.

While people of color may not have risen to the same level of prominence as minorities just yet, there is a growing sense that the former should replace the latter when specifically referring to people who aren’t white

Very observant, and quite correct. Tune in to NPR and there will be an "All Things Considered" that mentions black and "of color" interchangeably.


Suggesting that newsrooms or corporate boards need to hire more people of color when there are specifically no Latino people or Southeast Asians on the payroll suggests that any nonwhite person will do, that we are all the same and bring the same experience to the table.

A minor faux pas here, the proper term for Hispanics is "Latinx". I heard this pronounced on NPR as "lateen-ex". Rhymes with Kleenex. Don't call them Latinos, because that would be a war on women. That aside, as far as your nonwhite role in political correctness goes - it doesn't matter that a black may bring something different to the newsroom than a Latinx. You are nonwhite, and that's all that matters. Your racial significance isn't that you're black - it's that you are not white. Your racial identity, as defined by white leftists, is largely based on its interaction with white people. That interaction is characterized as victimization.

It’s a term that, in many ways, still centers whiteness and suggests that anti-blackness doesn’t exist in Latino communities or that anti-immigrant sentiments don’t exist in black American ones. A term that has happily been co-opted by vice presidents of diversity who think there is a way to make a space welcome to nebulous “people of color” without addressing issues specific to different communities.

The only "community" that matters is the nonwhite community. She is spot on with "centers whiteness" - in order to be classified as nonwhite, we start with whites, and make a comparison to your race. Nonwhite and "of color" are both white-centered terms (perfectly leftist and politically correct) that make your blackness significant only when compared to white people.

 

[Manc Skipper]

The only Hispanic in Trump's very pale cabinet left today.

 

[Sabre]

Hmmm, seems to me that white is also a color.

 

[Lord Tammerlain]

Hmmm, seems to me that white is also a color.

White is a lack of colour, when it comes to objects, or when it comes to light all the colours.

As people are objects, white people lack colour

 

[RaleBulgarian]

White is a lack of colour, when it comes to objects, or when it comes to light all the colours.

As people are objects, white people lack colour

Black is the absence of color.

White people aren’t actually white, and don’t lack color.

Duh.

 

[Aristaeus]

White is a lack of colour, when it comes to objects, or when it comes to light all the colours.

As people are objects, white people lack colour

Of corse, white people are not actually white, and black people are not actually black.

 

[Lord Tammerlain]

Black is the absence of color.

White people aren’t actually white, and don’t lack color.

Duh.

No black is not the absence of colour, it is all the colours combined when it comes to objects. When it comes to light, it is the absence of light

If white people are not white then they should not be called white. Pinkskins has a good ring to it

 

[Hicup]

Yeah, this whole whites are racists, people of "color" are all virtuous thingy is not going to play well come November 2020. It worked so well for Hillary calling folks deplorable, I suspect even white independents, and some white moderate democrats aren't liking this narrative too much, but I guess we'll see..


LOL


Tim-

 

[AlbqOwl]

“People of color,” once politically correct, is becoming a way of obscuring difference.

This is a black woman's take on how she feels "of color" should not replace "black" in describing her race. A well written article, but she is missing the point of how society, specifically leftist society, views her race. She's questioning why white people refer to her race in a certain way.

While people of color may not have risen to the same level of prominence as minorities just yet, there is a growing sense that the former should replace the latter when specifically referring to people who aren’t white

Very observant, and quite correct. Tune in to NPR and there will be an "All Things Considered" that mentions black and "of color" interchangeably.


Suggesting that newsrooms or corporate boards need to hire more people of color when there are specifically no Latino people or Southeast Asians on the payroll suggests that any nonwhite person will do, that we are all the same and bring the same experience to the table.

A minor faux pas here, the proper term for Hispanics is "Latinx". I heard this pronounced on NPR as "lateen-ex". Rhymes with Kleenex. Don't call them Latinos, because that would be a war on women. That aside, as far as your nonwhite role in political correctness goes - it doesn't matter that a black may bring something different to the newsroom than a Latinx. You are nonwhite, and that's all that matters. Your racial significance isn't that you're black - it's that you are not white. Your racial identity, as defined by white leftists, is largely based on its interaction with white people. That interaction is characterized as victimization.

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My best black friend, RIP, was my soul mate in every regard. We shared the same weird sense of humor, enjoyed the same foods (except she could eat raw oysters and I couldn't.) We finished each other's sentences. And most importantly, right up to that final goodbye, we could talk about serious things as two people--not a white person or a black person but just two people. And we were both sick of the constant focus on skin color--white, black, brown etc.--that plagued her all her life even though she was a magnificently competent and successful professional.

Among things she hated was the idea that black people could not under perform without it being ascribed to their race, but if they achieved and prospered, affirmative action would be brought up. She was aware that others sometimes questioned whether she attained her status on merit or affirmative action. She hated the idea that black people were often associated with being offended or hurt by insensitivity of white people and/or that she was so fragile/disadvantaged whatever that white people were required to feel guilt about how her ancestors were treated and make amends for that. She hated that black people were so often described or characterized as being different because of their American history and needing special care and consideration, i.e. they couldn't make it without liberal Whitey's help.

She hated being asked for the 'black perspective' on whatever issue was being discussed and was well aware that people of Irish or German or Italian descent were not asked for their perspective as members of those ethnicities. She hated when others obviously struggled to find the word or phrase that would not be offensive to her instead of just being themselves. In other words she lived with what felt like was BLACK stenciled across her forehead rather than being allowed to just be a person, an American, and treated exactly like everybody else.

And neither of us were allowed to question any of this or we would be reminded that 'we just didn't get it.' I would be characterized as insensitive at best, white supremacist at worst. And she would 'not be a credit to her race.'

So one more time, I will say that this constant focus on race in whatever form it takes is not doing black people any favors. There will always be racism just as their will always be prejudices against tall people, short people, fat people, tattoos, beards, long hair, baldness, etc. etc. etc. But until the vast majority of people of all skin colors are allowed to see skin color as of no more importance than eye color or hair color or any other human characteristic, racism will continue to be institutionalized and prevalent in our society.

 

[RaleBulgarian]

No black is not the absence of colour, it is all the colours combined when it comes to objects. When it comes to light, it is the absence of light

If white people are not white then they should not be called white. Pinkskins has a good ring to it

Black is, by definition, the absence of color. Color is determined when the human eye absorbs the wavelengths of visible light, and an object that is truly black is an object that does not reflect light, so there is no light for the eyes to interpret.

Without light, there are no colors.

Is Black the Absence of Color? | Reference.com

We are “black” and “white” because some idiots long ago decided it. Doesn’t matter in the long run because we will all combine and become some other color. Hopefully by then all people won’t care about a person’s color.

 

[bluesmoke]

White is a lack of colour, when it comes to objects, or when it comes to light all the colours.

As people are objects, white people lack colour

White is considered a color. It just is absent of hue, which all other colors have. White people have hue. Calling white people "white" is simply a generalization so that we have a common understanding of what is meant when we say "whites" as in "white people". In terms of race classification, Spanish, northern Africans and Middle Easterners are considered white, as in Caucasian. Spanish are further considered white Europeans. In my hopes of further confusing the matter, cultural sociologists do not even consider race as a classification. They never did, at least by majority, even when the classification system of Caucasian, Mongoloid and African was thunk up.

 

[Manc Skipper]

Why do white Americans not call themselves "European Americans!?

 

[Condor060]

Yeah, this whole whites are racists, people of "color" are all virtuous thingy is not going to play well come November 2020. It worked so well for Hillary calling folks deplorable, I suspect even white independents, and some white moderate democrats aren't liking this narrative too much, but I guess we'll see..


LOL


Tim-

If I was Speaking as being politically correct, the term people of color is nothing more than another race appropriation term. Being Black is now being grouped into other races so everyone can be considered on the same platform for minority status? Now getting off the politically correct platform. Its just a stupid term.

We have allowed ourselves to get to these stupid terms while trying to out do each other to show how woke we are. It was only a matter of time before this hit this fence. Now what do you do about the term (people of color) as being an anti white reference. Isn't this a racist term in itself?

All these terms do is create division. They have no other value what so ever. Being politically correct is a disease on this country. How about we just go back to the basics. I'm white, you're Black, shes Brown, who f***ing cares. IF you are packing the gear to do (X) then do it. If you're not packing the gear to do (X) get the help you need or move on to something you can do.

Making concessions for race is just stupid and undermining people. We allow people to go to schools they can't compete in all over race then turn these people out with thousands in debt for loans they can never pay back. We make concessions for race in employment and eliminating the best person for the job. And for what?

 

[Sabre]

White is a lack of colour, when it comes to objects, or when it comes to light all the colours.

As people are objects, white people lack colour

That is technical, it all depends on whether you are using a subtractive or additive color wheel. In subtractive color, pigments blend together to create varying shades of black. Therefore, the opposite of black, white, is traditionally considered the absence of color. In additive color, the absence of light creates black, whereas all lights of different colors combine to create white light.

So basically, when using the Subtractive Color Wheel white is the absence of color. But when using the Additive Color Wheel black is the absence of all color.

Now in everyday terms, they are both used to define colors. I have a black car and a white car, to finish my painting I need to add more white color and less black color. When it comes to skin color, usually skin is varying degrees of coffee and cream and that realization is very useful in doing paintings of people and even in mixing makeup. I'm called white (not pink, thank you) but if you hold a sheet of typewriter paper against me you will see I am clearly not white, I would say more like 92% cream and 8% coffee.

 

[snakestretcher]

“People of color,” once politically correct, is becoming a way of obscuring difference.

This is a black woman's take on how she feels "of color" should not replace "black" in describing her race. A well written article, but she is missing the point of how society, specifically leftist society, views her race. She's questioning why white people refer to her race in a certain way.

While people of color may not have risen to the same level of prominence as minorities just yet, there is a growing sense that the former should replace the latter when specifically referring to people who aren’t white

Very observant, and quite correct. Tune in to NPR and there will be an "All Things Considered" that mentions black and "of color" interchangeably.


Suggesting that newsrooms or corporate boards need to hire more people of color when there are specifically no Latino people or Southeast Asians on the payroll suggests that any nonwhite person will do, that we are all the same and bring the same experience to the table.

A minor faux pas here, the proper term for Hispanics is "Latinx". I heard this pronounced on NPR as "lateen-ex". Rhymes with Kleenex. Don't call them Latinos, because that would be a war on women. That aside, as far as your nonwhite role in political correctness goes - it doesn't matter that a black may bring something different to the newsroom than a Latinx. You are nonwhite, and that's all that matters. Your racial significance isn't that you're black - it's that you are not white. Your racial identity, as defined by white leftists, is largely based on its interaction with white people. That interaction is characterized as victimization.

It’s a term that, in many ways, still centers whiteness and suggests that anti-blackness doesn’t exist in Latino communities or that anti-immigrant sentiments don’t exist in black American ones. A term that has happily been co-opted by vice presidents of diversity who think there is a way to make a space welcome to nebulous “people of color” without addressing issues specific to different communities.

The only "community" that matters is the nonwhite community. She is spot on with "centers whiteness" - in order to be classified as nonwhite, we start with whites, and make a comparison to your race. Nonwhite and "of color" are both white-centered terms (perfectly leftist and politically correct) that make your blackness significant only when compared to white people.

And your point is, 'I don't like different-coloured people'. See, you could have said it so much more simply.

 

[snakestretcher]

Why do white Americans not call themselves "European Americans!?

Because 'murica! f**k yeah!' Apparently. Can't have them being associated with us lowly Europeans-especially as we get darker toward the Eastern edges...

 

[Rickeroo]

And your point is, 'I don't like different-coloured people'. See, you could have said it so much more simply.

I'm not sure how you would come to that conclusion. This black woman doesn't like the change from 'black' to 'of color', and I provide reasoning for why this change occurred. Assuming that my reasoning demonstrates a hatred for different colors other than mine, how would you change my responses to the author in order to reflect an affection for different colored people?