Black People : Color Meanings & Subtle Racism

[SophiaG]

I've been thinking about this topic for quite a while.

http://www.color-wheel-pro.com/color-meaning.html

"White means safety, purity, and cleanliness. As opposed to black, white usually has a positive connotation."

"Black is a mysterious color associated with fear and the unknown (black holes). It usually has a negative connotation (blacklist, black humor, 'black death')."

If you go click on the link it'll also tell you that Black also means: " Black denotes strength and authority; it is considered to be a very formal, elegant, and prestigious color (black tie, black Mercedes). In heraldry, black is the symbol of grief."

Which I find to be quite true.

Does Darkness = Blackness? If so, many a horror story has been centered around night-time. The darkness being a primordial fear of man because he can't see in the dark.

Conversely Light = White, The White Light At the End of the Tunnel in a near death experience. ?

Do you think that Western Civilization's racism is somewhat added onto by the connotations it has given these "colors". I say "colors" because I'm not sure if black is all the colors combined, or if white is. I forget, It's been too long since I've taken art class. -_-

Do you think that the connotation given to these colors somehow "primes" people of different races subconsciously, to view each other differently?

What do you think?

 

[Ankhur]

I've been thinking about this topic for quite a while.

http://www.color-wheel-pro.com/color-meaning.html

"White means safety, purity, and cleanliness. As opposed to black, white usually has a positive connotation."

"Black is a mysterious color associated with fear and the unknown (black holes). It usually has a negative connotation (blacklist, black humor, 'black death')."

If you go click on the link it'll also tell you that Black also means: " Black denotes strength and authority; it is considered to be a very formal, elegant, and prestigious color (black tie, black Mercedes). In heraldry, black is the symbol of grief."

Which I find to be quite true.

Does Darkness = Blackness? If so, many a horror story has been centered around night-time. The darkness being a primordial fear of man because he can't see in the dark.

Conversely Light = White, The White Light At the End of the Tunnel in a near death experience. ?

Do you think that Western Civilization's racism is somewhat added onto by the connotations it has given these "colors". I say "colors" because I'm not sure if black is all the colors combined, or if white is. I forget, It's been too long since I've taken art class. -_-

Do you think that the connotation given to these colors somehow "primes" people of different races subconsciously, to view each other differently?

What do you think?

See the entire movie "Malcolm X" by Spike Lee,
and it will answer this and a hundred other questions

 

[Bast Bastet]

I've been thinking about this topic for quite a while.

http://www.color-wheel-pro.com/color-meaning.html

"White means safety, purity, and cleanliness. As opposed to black, white usually has a positive connotation."

"Black is a mysterious color associated with fear and the unknown (black holes). It usually has a negative connotation (blacklist, black humor, 'black death')."

If you go click on the link it'll also tell you that Black also means: " Black denotes strength and authority; it is considered to be a very formal, elegant, and prestigious color (black tie, black Mercedes). In heraldry, black is the symbol of grief."

Which I find to be quite true.

Does Darkness = Blackness? If so, many a horror story has been centered around night-time. The darkness being a primordial fear of man because he can't see in the dark.

Conversely Light = White, The White Light At the End of the Tunnel in a near death experience. ?

Do you think that Western Civilization's racism is somewhat added onto by the connotations it has given these "colors". I say "colors" because I'm not sure if black is all the colors combined, or if white is. I forget, It's been too long since I've taken art class. -_-

Do you think that the connotation given to these colors somehow "primes" people of different races subconsciously, to view each other differently?

What do you think?

DOMINANT AND RECESSIVE CHARACTERISTICS

DOMINANT TRAITS: brown eyes - farsightedness - normal vision -
dark hair - non-red hair - curly hair - full head of hair
widow's peak - dimples - unattached earlobes - freckles - broad lips

RECESSIVE TRAITS: grey, green, hazel, blue eyes - normal vision - nearsightedness -
night blindness - color blindness - blonde, light, red hair - red hair straight hair
baldness - normal hairline - no dimples - attached earlobes - no freckles - thin lips

http://www.blinn.edu/socialscience/ldthomas/feldman/handouts/0203hand.htm

 

[SophiaG]

DOMINANT AND RECESSIVE CHARACTERISTICS

DOMINANT TRAITS: brown eyes - farsightedness - normal vision -
dark hair - non-red hair - curly hair - full head of hair
widow's peak - dimples - unattached earlobes - freckles - broad lips

RECESSIVE TRAITS: grey, green, hazel, blue eyes - normal vision - nearsightedness -
night blindness - color blindness - blonde, light, red hair - red hair straight hair
baldness - normal hairline - no dimples - attached earlobes - no freckles - thin lips

http://www.blinn.edu/socialscience/ldthomas/feldman/handouts/0203hand.htm

I"m sorry, what's your argument in posting this? I'm well aware of how genetics work, just, could you provide an explaination as to why you posted this and/or argument?