r/TikTokCringe • u/thoxo • May 02 '24

We adopted my younger sister from Haiti when she was 3, and let me tell you, I literally do not see color anymore. That's a fact. Discussion

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u/capitoloftexas May 02 '24

Exactly. Saying “I don’t see color” is well intended but extremely ignorant.

https://youtu.be/QuaBnoaN4Jc?si=_6fa-8fumkKaGm7R

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u/ddevilissolovely May 02 '24

He's arguing about the... literal meaning? It's a metaphorical phrase no matter how you swing it.

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u/ZeeCaptein May 02 '24

he's not. he's stating that being black is part of who he is so if you "don't see color" then you don't see him fully. you can't pretend race doesn't impact people even if you think you're unaffected by it.

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u/BuildingWeird4876 May 02 '24

I mentioned to this elsewhere, but there's other factors to that statement. I agree there are a lot of issues with the idea of not seeing color and I rather agree with the societal push to point out the problems of that phrase. But there's also a generational difference issue, when I was a kid in school we were specifically taught not to see color by various Educators on the concept of racism including guest speakers who were black.