Thank you, Coleman Hughes, for your articulate defense of common sense! I'm particularly fond of this paragraph, which in so many ways goes to the heart of the matter:
“Color-blind” is an expression like “warm-hearted”: it uses a physical metaphor to encapsulate an abstract idea. To describe a person as warm-hearted is not to say somethi…
Thank you, Coleman Hughes, for your articulate defense of common sense! I'm particularly fond of this paragraph, which in so many ways goes to the heart of the matter:
“Color-blind” is an expression like “warm-hearted”: it uses a physical metaphor to encapsulate an abstract idea. To describe a person as warm-hearted is not to say something about the temperature of that person’s heart, but about the kindness of his or her spirit. Similarly, to advocate for color-blindness is not to pretend you don’t notice color. It is to endorse a principle: we should strive to treat people without regard to race, in our public policy and our private lives.
Thank you, Coleman Hughes, for your articulate defense of common sense! I'm particularly fond of this paragraph, which in so many ways goes to the heart of the matter:
“Color-blind” is an expression like “warm-hearted”: it uses a physical metaphor to encapsulate an abstract idea. To describe a person as warm-hearted is not to say something about the temperature of that person’s heart, but about the kindness of his or her spirit. Similarly, to advocate for color-blindness is not to pretend you don’t notice color. It is to endorse a principle: we should strive to treat people without regard to race, in our public policy and our private lives.
Ditto on that Melissa.