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Why Isn't It Considered Racist
when news stories point out that people are black or people of colour - twice this week stories have centred on someone's ethnicity. The woman who trekked to the South Pole was the 'first woman of colour' to do so and now Sidney Poitier is being hailed as the first black actor to win an Oscar for Best Actor. Surely that is being racist by pointing it out?
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Time we stopped talking about colour and treated people as people. Prejudice won’t end until we do.
07:25 Sat 08th Jan 2022
Corby //Both were "firsts" so their colours were relevant.//
So could we expect the first of anything to be noteworthy? what about the first person with blue eyes to reach the South pole?
If we are to propagate the idea that colour really doesn't matter, then pointing out skin colour is surely racist.
So could we expect the first of anything to be noteworthy? what about the first person with blue eyes to reach the South pole?
If we are to propagate the idea that colour really doesn't matter, then pointing out skin colour is surely racist.
The thing is, colour is relevant in that it becomes a part of your identity as much as your gender, sexual orientation, and the job you do. They mean that you will fall prey to stereotypes, no matter how far from your reality they are. These things affect who you are likely to have in your immediate circle, and even where you are likely to live. To live without isms doesn't mean a person's differences don't exist, it means they are accepted , and do not affect how you view the individuals. At a society level it means that all individuals have equality of opportunity based on ability rather than preconceptions.