Color blind… America

• Belly35

  

  Why do Blacks what to be called Black?
  To be graphically correct they are more Sepia tone in color.
  Adelle Jackson was the editorial director of Sepia, which debuted in 1947 under the name Negro Achievements. It focused on various aspects of African American culture, including churches, civil rights and education. With the goal of fostering leadership, It published serious articles on the development of black institutions, including colleges and universities.
  
  Bi-racial always turns out to be identified as Black why? That’s not graphically correct many are more Wheat in color tone and not Black at all.
  Many Bi-racial individuals are more “white in color” than many “whites” which is also not graphically correct “whites” are more Fawn tone.
  
  Indians are not red, Chinese are not yellow and Mexican do smell but not like curry..…Sorry did just type that ………
  
  So the next time here on the OC you want to identify someone by Color verification lets start with the correct usage of the color wheel…. Hell! We all had a set of 101 crayons.
• gorocks99

  

  Justin is mauve.
• Belly35

  

  gorocks99;790087 wrote:Justin is mauve.

  
  
• Rotinaj

  

  gorocks99;790087 wrote:Justin is a douche.

  
  +1
• ernest_t_bass

  

  What the fuck just happened?
• mcburg93

  

  i feel i like i just became dumber
• 2kool4skool

  

  I don't identify people as black or white, I identify them as normal or retarded. So don't worry, I'll never have a problem classifying you.
• GoChiefs

  

  mcburg93;790133 wrote:i feel i like i just became dumber

  
  A Belly thread tends to do that sometimes.
• killdeer

  

  ..."graphically"...?
• password

  

  Belly35;790086 wrote:So the next time here on the OC you want to identify someone by Color verification lets start with the correct usage of the color wheel…. Hell! We all had a set of 101 crayons.

  
  Why make it more difficult than it really is, there are only 2 classifications when it comes to identifying people.
  
  1. Whites
  2. them other people
• Thread Bomber

  

  You old wrinkly mofo's smell like Winstons, piss. and dirty socks.....
• BigAppleBuckeye

  

  There are too many holes and errors in this post to even discuss, but if you are going to kid about stereotypes, Indian people tend to enjoy curry in their cooking, not Mexicans
• GOONx19

  

  Parents of bi-racial children choose to have their kid's birth certificates marked as "black" (or African American or whatever it is) at birth because it usually leads to more benefits in this country. Scholarship-wise and whatnot.
• Mulva

  

  Color blindness is a worldwide condition. It doesn't only occur in America.
• Heretic

  

  BigAppleBuckeye;790235 wrote:There are too many holes and errors in this post to even discuss, but if you are going to kid about stereotypes, Indian people tend to enjoy curry in their cooking, not Mexicans

  
  This. I was at an Indian wedding last December. They had one hell of a spread. Most of the food there wasn't particularly appealing to look at, but if you like spicy stuff that is surprisingly filling, it was the bomb.
• I Wear Pants

  Well no shit Mexicans don't smell like curry. That's an Indian food.
• Little Danny

  

  From a historical perspective, the word black became common after the civil rights movement. Up to that time blacks were called negroes (spanish/portuguese for black). Malcolm X was the catalyst for ending the term, as he argued it sounded to much like the word used in the american south. Blacks then began calling themselves "blacks" or "afro-american", which later became "african-american". Another term used to described blacks was colored. I have even spoken to older blacks who call one another colored (less and less common today but I have known some about 10-20 years ago who used to do it all the time). I think again the word fell out of grace because colored was associated with a different era (ie. the jim crow days when there were colored/white drinking fountains, restrooms, etc.).