The Beauty of Color

What many fail to understand is that when they post a picture with a black person to announce that they are color blind and ‘don’t see color’… they’re posting that picture because of just that… they see color.

In Emmanuel Acho’s series on YouTube, Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man, he shares a story…

“I didn’t grow up with any animals. My sister got attacked by a dog when she was younger so now as a 29 year old man, I can’t decipher between a dog that’s a threat and a dog that’s a pet because I didn’t grow up with any animals.” 

“If we don’t see color, if we don’t expose our children to different colors, to different races... it’ll be the same thing.  As a white kid becomes an adult, they won’t be able to decipher between a black man that’s a threat and a black man who’s just black.”

Seeing color isn’t a bad thing.  And if we happen to not be literally colorblind, we can’t claim that we don’t see it.  I think what most people mean is that they treat all people equally and that’s fair.  It’s actually great!  And it’s also great to be able to experience another’s culture and heritage where often a story is told from the color of their skin.

As Emmanuel goes on to say, “I think it’s best that we raise our kids to see color. There’s a beauty in color, there’s a beauty in culture.”