New York Times published a christmas shopping guide for "people of color."
Its creating a tempest in a teacup in some media circles, but, it does seem rather racist to me. It is stereotyping people. Why would you get a different kind of gift for a "person of color" than for ... ummmmm .... someone else?
Here is a link to the story.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/ynews_ts1028
Footnote, song by DC-Talk, "We are all colored people."
Its just that we all have different levels of melanin in our skin. Still, i thought it was insensitive and or offensive.
What do you think?
Here is a Christmas shopping page that I have assembled. It is not aimed at any race of people.
http://arkcityrevived.com/christmas-shopping.html
Agrees with DC Talk.
ReplyDeleteThere is only ONE race...THE HUMAN ONE. Then there are different levels of pigment.
Know anyone with vitiligo ? Search for pics & see how a black person becomes white with that auto immune disease. Does the black person become white ? No the human with darker pigment looses their color & ends up with no pigment.
Ever see an A&F catalog? Compare it to an Eastbay catalog.
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