Posted by
Dave Kooker on Wednesday, April 30, 2008 12:56:37 PM
I really beg to differ with the semantic that ‘African’ American individuals are the real people of color. I would propose that individuals of pallor are the actual people of color.
Per the definition by the American Heritage Dictionary:
Colored (n)
1) That aspect of things that is caused by differing qualities of the light reflected or emitted by them, definable in terms of the observer or of the light, as:
a) The appearance of objects or light sources described in terms of the individual's perception of them, involving hue, lightness, and saturation for objects and hue, brightness, and saturation for light sources.
b) The characteristics of light by which the individual is made aware of objects or light sources through the receptors of the eye, described in terms of dominant wavelength, luminance, and purity.
c) The general appearance of the skin; complexion.
d) A ruddy complexion.
e) A reddening of the face; a blush.
f) Outward appearance, often deceptive: a tale with the merest color of truth.
g) Appearance of authenticity: testimony that lends color to an otherwise absurd notion.
h) Variety of expression.
i) Vivid, picturesque detail: a story with a lot of color in it.
By my interpretation of this definition, ‘Colored’ means that the individual’s skin quality/hue has the ability to change based on its environment & physical condition and how others perceive us visually. I do not see any reference as to the permanent hue of the skin.
When an African American is angry, embarrassed, cold, sick (medical illness), sun tanned, or dead they maintain the constant hue of brown.
When an individual of pallor is:
a) Angry or embarrassed we are red.
b) Cold we are blue.
c) Ill we are pale white.
d) Ill with Meningitis we are yellow.
e) Sun tanned we are brown.
f) Dead we are gray.
So who is more closely matched to the dictionary’s definition? From this point on, please refer to me as a man of color. And also, please bestow all rights and privileges that I am due because of my colored status.
I am noticing that from the love letters that I am receiving from you in my yahoo inbox that writing seems to be a lost art. So many people out there cannot construct a proper sentence. To help those grammar challenged individuals, I drafted a form letter in today's article so those who disagree with me can quickly cut and paste the form letter and fill in the blanks with the adjectives or partial ideas of your choice and send it to my yahoo account. I even started some of the adjective fields with letters of some of my favorite adjectives to help you out.
Example Form Letter:
Dear F______ A____h ____,
"I am writing to complain about your post on ____ because it offended me. The use of the words ___, ____, and ___ were offensive to me because I am __(Try to complete the sentence)___. How dare you think that it is appropriate for ___(Try to complete the sentence)_____. Bush is stupid, you're a f fascist.
Sincerely, _____."
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