Andy Driscoll wrote: > Jason is absolutely right. Black is the absence of color - > white is presence of all combined colors. > > Nevertheless, the analogy is valid as I see it.
Out of frustration: "White" people are not white, they're shades of beige. "Black" people are not black they're shades of brown (or beige). It's kind of ironic to think of "Black" people being the absence of color when we refer to them as people of color. Race exists in both a social and legal sense, and possibly in a genetic sense (depending on your definition). See article in Scientific American: http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa006&colID=1&articleID=00055DC8-3BAA-1FA8-BBAA83414B7F0000 Michael Atherton Prospect Park REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
