44 years and more ago, and another from the past 44 hours

[trinker]

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[wcg]

Thanks for the link to the snippet of Dr. King's speech. Good stuff, and it's always good to hear that marvelous voice. It's also nice to have that evidence he wasn't as totally colorblind as some might wish to believe.

[browngirl]

Now I'm trying to recall a really great term I heard for the next step beyond 'colorblindness', where differences are acknowledged but not *ranked*.

[trinker]

Color neutral.

[browngirl]

Rummaging my files, I realized I'd forgotten to reply and thank you for reminding me. So, thank you. :D

[trinker]

"as totally colorblind" ?

I have the impression all my life that he was broadening his message, but that it was very definitely about the circumstances of black Americans. I don't know where this "Dr. King was colorblind" story comes from.

[wcg]

It goes something like this: King was seeking equality, and he encouraged white people to stop seeing black people as black and start seeing them as people.

Now, that interpretation invariably comes from white folks. Usually from well-intentioned old liberals who are clueful enough not to say, "Some of my friends are black!" anymore.

[trinker]

I see. So it's "I have a dream" means "don't look at color" means "Dr. King was colorblind!"

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