Fluff to think about...

To be honest, there is a LOT that can be discussed from the first parts of Malcolm X. I'm a rather spiritual person, not religious, however, I found the "story" of Yakub to be interesting. There are many other subjects to focus on in every day life that most of us do not stop to think about it (nor did I even know this story existed).

A little break: I'm laughing a little to myself. I'm trying to find a summary of the story and it's proving to be rather hard. But I clicked one of the citations from Wikipedia for Yakub and my work computer blocked it for the category of discrimination. It was just entertaining to me.

Anywho, I really can't find a summary of the story, but those of us who have read should know how it goes (:

The points that I never thought about were...the fact that white skin (I hate using "white" and "black" terms, but for the sake of this blog I will) can come from black skin but white cannot go to black. The process of bleaching and what not, but those of us who burn in the sun turn red, not black. However, it does say that white was the final stage and it went from something like...black - red - yellow - white, so perhaps white can become black...and bleaching is more of a chemical process than a "natural chemical" process.

Though it does start out the Yakub did this to create the evil white devils, however, this comes around to the argument of whether whites are considered of black race. Such as albinism that occurs in black people as well, are they considered black or white? Could this be applied to the "fact" or "theory" that our origins are that of Africa? If so, then why do the teachings of Islam in this book insist that white men are the devils, if it is only the color of their skin that sets them apart? Are they not acting just as irrationally racist as other races do towards each other? If the white man was created to be evil, then why punish the white man? Though, that in itself is another argument -- whether white men should be blamed for their actions or are they just programmed, so to speak, that way. Why is it that society revolves around getting back at each other for sufferings? I suppose human nature.

Ebonyy...and ivory...live together in perfect harmonyyyyy.

Are black and white colors?

"The answers:
1. Black is the absence of color (and is therefore not a color)
Explanation:

When there is no light, everything is black. Test this out by going into a photographic dark room. There are no photons of light. In other words, there are no photons of colors.

2. White is the blending of all colors and is a color.

Explanation:

Light appears colorless or white. Sunlight is white light that is composed of all the colors of the spectrum. A rainbow is proof. You can't see the colors of sunlight except when atmospheric conditions bend the light rays and create a rainbow. You can also use a prism to demonstrate this."Now I'm not too sure on what relevance this has, but I just figured I'd put that out there.

I like this link. 

"An eye for an eye will make the whole world blind."

- Gandhi, Fischer, Powell, King

Variations of the quote, of course.

Food for thought: if colors we perceive are produced by the rejection of color (example: an apple is red because it rejects red and absorbs) then are blacks white and whites black? Or does it really have a specific color if colors are absorbed?