When I went to the courthouse in St Louis to get our marriage license, both me (dark brown) and my wife (very white) had to swear under oath that we were not related.
I get a chuckle from telling that story, but it's a silly attempt to be "color blind."
To me, "color blind" means the complete abolishment of race as an issue, and I think that will actually hold us back from the real goal: where people are measured and judged by the content of their character, and not by the color of their skin.
I believe your race makes up a part of who you are, and society should not do away with that.
> I just don't see anything strange, rude or racist about a person being surprised about a black person doing CS, we are a very small portion of the degrees given in CS
A single person, just an isolated incident. Happening over and over again, I can easily empathize there.
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Another anecdote about me and race. As a teenager, I worked at Burger King at a local mall. I noticed that by and large, black people would either get Orange Soda, or Sprite with their combo meals, with the occasional person asking for iced tea. It got to the point where I would automatically hover over the "sprite" and "orange" buttons on the cash register when a black person would order. Then there was one black guy who ordered a coke.
I get a chuckle from telling that story, but it's a silly attempt to be "color blind."
To me, "color blind" means the complete abolishment of race as an issue, and I think that will actually hold us back from the real goal: where people are measured and judged by the content of their character, and not by the color of their skin.
I believe your race makes up a part of who you are, and society should not do away with that.
> I just don't see anything strange, rude or racist about a person being surprised about a black person doing CS, we are a very small portion of the degrees given in CS
A single person, just an isolated incident. Happening over and over again, I can easily empathize there.
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Another anecdote about me and race. As a teenager, I worked at Burger King at a local mall. I noticed that by and large, black people would either get Orange Soda, or Sprite with their combo meals, with the occasional person asking for iced tea. It got to the point where I would automatically hover over the "sprite" and "orange" buttons on the cash register when a black person would order. Then there was one black guy who ordered a coke.