Things I've Grown to Dislike.

I intensely dislike the word "colored" when applied to people. People are not colored - unless they are on stage as a clown - they are what they are born. (No, suntans do not apply!)

If we must comment on people's skin pigment, why can't we sensibly say "light-skinned" or "dark-skinned"? That is all the description we need - if we need a description at all.

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. What does that title do to advance anyone? Nothing, in my opinion. It is antiquated and degrading.

People native to the tropical zone, all around the world, generally have dark skin. It is a product of the sun. Move away from the tropics - north or south - and you find people with lighter skin. A product of absorption of UV rays, or something. Of all the unimportant things in our modern world, that has to be one of the most unimportant.

Scientists tell us the human race originated in tropical Africa, where almost everyone was dark skinned. As humans migrated to temperate and colder latitudes - where suns rays were weak - their skin lightened. So, instead of talking about "colored" people. Why could we not say "bleached" people?

NAABP.

I might like that!