"Colored" has traditionally been used to mean people other than whites. For example, "colored people", "colored folk", "people of color." White people enslaved colored people and even after the Civil War denied them equal rights and equal education.
"It depends on whether you’re talking about light, or pigment. For light white is all colors and black is none. For pigment, it’s the exact opposite." It's still really the same thing. Color is what is perceived by the viewer. White skin reflects back the entire color spectrum, or most of it, while black/dark skin absorbs most of it.
I think Jackslash's answer pretty much sums it up.
"Colored" has historically described people with ethnicities other than European. Obviously. This is not rocket science.
I agree though, that this was a dumb post. Dumber than I thought a post called "women of color" was going to be before I opened it. Disappointingly so, I thought by the title that the topic would have been a lot more interesting.
Well that's because, SCIENTIFICALLY speaking, white AND black arent colors. They are most extremely stark shades of a color polor opposite of one another.
There was a poem about how white people should consider themselves coloured because they turn different colors depending on their mood. Like embarrassment or sickness. While black people stay black no matter how they feel. I'm trying to find that poem because it was really good and points out ignorance in colourism
Calling people racist in here is nothing more than an admission that the person name calling is a fucktard. Never has a word become meaningless so fast.
Esrafador, I know exactly what you're talking about. I remember reading that poem when I was younger. I remembered the last line so I was able to find it. It's attributed to Oglala Lakota:
"When I'm born I'm black, when I grow up I'm black, when I'm in the sun I'm black, when I'm sick I'm black, when I die I'm black, and you... when you're born you're pink, when you grow up you're white, when you're cold you're blue, when you're sick you're blue, when you die you're green and you dare call me colored."
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"Colored" has historically described people with ethnicities other than European. Obviously. This is not rocket science.
I agree though, that this was a dumb post. Dumber than I thought a post called "women of color" was going to be before I opened it. Disappointingly so, I thought by the title that the topic would have been a lot more interesting.
Well that was pretty unfair. Since when has SC ever said anything even remotely racist?
And yeah... pretty dumb.
"When I'm born I'm black, when I grow up I'm black, when I'm in the sun I'm black, when I'm sick I'm black, when I die I'm black, and you... when you're born you're pink, when you grow up you're white, when you're cold you're blue, when you're sick you're blue, when you die you're green and you dare call me colored."