Friday 17 June 2011

Colourblind

"God, that receptionist's such a bitch."
"Which one?"
"The... the black one. Sorry, I couldn't think of any other way to identify her."

Is this what people mean when they say they "don't see colour"? It's like they think people will call them racist if they notice that someone is not white, so they say "black" in a whisper, as if it's the dirtiest word imaginable. Which is productive. And definitely not racist.

1 comment:

  1. came here from feministe--thanks for this, same thing happens where i work and its nice to read someone else's thoughts on it. i've been chewing it over.

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