Now they say that dogs are colour blind, and that males don’t know any colour apart from the primary colours. What they do say, is that females see all sorts of different colours like avocado green, rose apple red and sunshine yellow. What I do know is that I’m a female who is not colour blind and the colour of my blog is Purple not Pink! Let me explain it to you. I’m not into the girly pink thing, all the colours on this blog are shades of purple. Purple, that’s bold and beautiful. I just thought I should make this clear because certain people are saying that this blog has a pink theme, No it doesn't its Purple and that’s final!
Now you may say what’s all this uproar for over colour? It’s just a colour. It’s just a social construct, something we have decided to add our own meaning to and can do no harm in and of itself. Its just a colour man, it doesn’t matter! Yet we would be deluded if we say colour doesn’t matter. How many people have died and are still dieing because of the colour of their skin. Oh well, you may say, that's not about colour, that’s racism.
Well what about what is prevalent in some Jamaican constituencies, where people mark their communities with flags of specific colours, orange/red or green. These are not just simply colours, as the meanings ascribed to them are those of affiliation to some political party. So strong is the meaning attached to these colours that someone in a red, yellow or green t-shirt in the 'wrong' community during this 'election season' may end up 'nearer my God to thee'.
So what should we leave with from this discourse? That colour is important? That some people in Jamaican communities mek politics turn dem into idiot? That this blog is purple? (though it is purple) No! What we should leave with is the fact that we have the power! All these things I have noted about colour, it being a social construct and people ascribing meaning to colour, all come back to us the community of human beings, we the individuals. We are the ones who determine what society thinks and the meaning that are ascribed to things.
Would it be naive if we chose to be 'colour blind'? Not like dogs, but like people who make a conscious effort to put aside biases, prejudices and social constructs that seek to divide individuals, and instead deal with individual as persons who are worthy of our interaction for the basic fact that they are human beings!
If we do decide to be 'colour blind' I don’t think we would be alone. Indeed I think this is apart of what we do when we become a part of Gods family. As we are being "renewed in the knowlege of our Creator, ...there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all, and is in all." Col. 3:11
In light of this if you say this blog is pink and I say this blog it is purple no problem! As one who is daily being renewed I’ll choose to be 'colour blind' :-D
Bless
Derri
6 comments:
I'm sorry to be the one to break it to you...but ur page is pink...hush
Ok 'anonymous' thanks for your input.
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Colour Blind Derri :-p
hey derri, i did say it wa purple and sorry to ay, it is a girly coulour as well. anyways u know i like nature, nature is us and the colour which represenst nature best is green. Its always good to have a little (or a whole lot) of green in our lives. (Jamaica needs it)
Well thanks for seeing da purple :-) then again you are a guy... oh well :-D. And Yes you, like must ppl like nature Dee. Jamaica needs nature, with its green,orange,red, blue and all the other colours that makes Jamaica a beautiful creation of God. Right Dee ;-)
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Ha! Cute! Looks pink to me. If you want to see a purple blog, check mine out at http://blog.resourcequeen.org.
Thanks for the comment Resource Queen. Your site's a darker purple to mine :-D You can thank me later for the free advertising :-D.
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Derri
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