Comments on: Colored Folks?

By: ...

... — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 20:29:47 +0000

Kinder, Nihat, VSC, Black PIGMENT is the mix of all color PIGMENTS. Black ‘LIGHT’ is the absense of all colors of LIGHT. Black is the absense of color, because it is the absense of light, which appears as black (turn off the lights at night, and you’ll see). Pigments absorb all light other than the color they reflect, therefore, when all color pigments are combined, there is no light reflected. White, on the other hand, reflects all colors of light, therefore, it is not a pigment. Black is technically the absense of color, as it is what we see when there is no light, which is what color is.

By: Kinder

Kinder — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:39:04 +0000

IF Black were the absence of color, there would be no color . . . it would be unseen therefore, colorless. But Black is a color dominating any color it comes in contact with. White is also a color it is light, black is dark. This was learned in kindergarten.

By: Nihat Routsong

Nihat Routsong — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:11:29 +0000

@VSC You have it mixed up. White is the equivalent of all color combined and black is the absence of color.

By: anna

anna — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 23:08:51 +0000

I like to poem. It makes sense. All about your perspective. How do you see yourself?

By: VSC

VSC — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 22:50:00 +0000

I’m disappointed in the 2 weak responses, because the poem itself is good. I guess because in the spectrum of color black is the equivalent of all color combined and white is the absence of color.

Black and White, dark to light, eyes of coal to sky blue.
Hair of wool tightly woven curls, hair of twine straight coarse and fine.
Skin soft flawless and perfect, tones of red, gold and yellow.
Features distinct to defined, sharp and prominent, proud and beautiful.
In my blood flows the purity of the motherland, thru generations my color has changed but my blood has not. I am shades of black and I come in all colors including white.
I am African, American and European.
I am all these and more for I am the world. But it is my blackness that comforts me, gives me love, strength, compassion and tenderness, understanding and preservation.
I am recognized by my own, I am shades of black.

By: lasandra

lasandra — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 16:42:29 +0000

ur pretty freakin crazy
u crazy bastard

By: stevo

stevo — Mon, 21 Nov 2005 02:43:53 +0000

when you can’t get job……….it’s cause you black
when you drive with seat all the way back………you black
when you talk out loud at movie theater ………….you black
when you kill another person…..you (and) them is black
when latino’s outnumber you in usa soon…..you fucked!