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Yeah, I'm not that big a fan of people who keep saying that they're "colorblind" (Original Post) MrScorpio Jul 2013 OP
K&R Solly Mack Jul 2013 #1
I'm a bit slow. When I read your subject line, I thought ZombieHorde Jul 2013 #2
I'm not a big fan of them either, they can't tell the green towel from the grey one arcane1 Jul 2013 #5
Thank goodness Aerows Jul 2013 #7
Is that kinda like ...."I have a black friend" HipChick Jul 2013 #3
"@PlantationJobCreator" arcane1 Jul 2013 #4
I used to post on Riehl World View way back when Fumesucker Jul 2013 #6
I'm not colorblind. LWolf Jul 2013 #8
Is it OK to say that you really don't give a shit about people's race, color or religion? Nye Bevan Jul 2013 #9
the point is people who claim to not care often are racist JI7 Jul 2013 #10
^^^ THIS!!!! ^^^ nt MrScorpio Jul 2013 #11
They see color XemaSab Jul 2013 #12

ZombieHorde

(29,047 posts)
2. I'm a bit slow. When I read your subject line, I thought
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 08:57 PM
Jul 2013

you were talking about actual color blindness, as in the eye disorder.

 

Aerows

(39,961 posts)
7. Thank goodness
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 09:22 PM
Jul 2013

my sister monitors what my brother-in-law wears. He's dorky enough as it is without showing up in neon colors. He's extremely color blind.

Fumesucker

(45,851 posts)
6. I used to post on Riehl World View way back when
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 09:20 PM
Jul 2013

I'd totally forgotten about Riehl, he's a moran of the highest order, lost track of how many times I got booted off there.

LWolf

(46,179 posts)
8. I'm not colorblind.
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 09:23 PM
Jul 2013

I don't want to be.

I want to see the world in living color, and celebrate the richness, the depth, the complexity that diversity brings.

Nye Bevan

(25,406 posts)
9. Is it OK to say that you really don't give a shit about people's race, color or religion?
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 10:18 PM
Jul 2013

Or does that come too close to the dreaded "colorblind"?

XemaSab

(60,212 posts)
12. They see color
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 11:12 PM
Jul 2013

up to the point when the subject of institutional racism and white privilege is pointed out, and then all of a sudden they're "colorblind."

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