Word: colorism
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...wondering, why would anyone need three shades of pink with them at all times? My life is color-coded. Each subject, each activity, each event has a color. My assignment notebook is practically a work of art. Many people have been horrified and entertained by my color-coded life. Sometimes the colors have to share roles (I only have 20, after all). However, through my four years, some colors have had some general themes...
...Being a senior entails a certain amount of sentimentality. You begin to think about all the things that you did and did not do. I would say, at the end of it all, the thing I am the happiest about is my color-coded life. I love this school and I love the people here, and I have loved needing twenty colors to keep track of everything...
...seem strange that a white boy from the suburbs of Los Angeles would find strength in a song that was born out of the African Diaspora. My ancestors did not come to America on slave ships. They were not threatened, lynched, or discriminated against because of the color of their skin. They did not sing Negro spirituals...
...some, these things are just inconsequential micro-aggressions that people of color should just get over. However, what is key is the underlying bias that unites all of these instances. Implicit in the assumption that black students do not belong at Harvard is the archaic idea that black people are incapable of laying claim to the Harvard legacy, both real and mythologized. What is sad is that we as a society have not gotten over the very basic notion that racial identity does not impute capacity or potential...
...Crime: A sleeping, pregnant woman was attacked and assaulted at knifepoint in her bed in 1985 in Texas. The victim gave police a detailed description of her attacker, including clothing, facial features, age and height. She said he was a white man whose skin was "a honey brown color." Four months later, the victim saw Byrd, who is black, at a grocery store and said he was the man who had raped her. Based on this identification, Byrd was convicted of rape and sentenced to life in prison...