Talking Point 9: Seeing Color (pg 158-160)

I found this totally wrong, "We must only look at behavior, and since a black child will be more prominent in a white classroom, we must bend over backward to see no color, hear no color, speak no color," and, "We showed respect be completely ignoring black people as black people. Color blindness was the essence of the creed." That was so wrong! Especially the first quote, it's like ignoring them and still basing them on their skin color. Who would think like that? If you wanted to think of them as an equal, then treat them as an equal and don't worry about the color of their skin. Don't act blind and pretend they are not there and try to mix them in. It bothers me to think that someone would think of someone that way. I'm glad the teacher, Paley, did not ignore them and try. Unlike other teachers who thinks that they are doing the right things, but are only blinded to help themselves than the students that needs them the most. I'm glad that in the present time, minds have changed and mostly all races are thought as equal, because if not, I don't think I'd sit by helpless, I'd want to get up and give a hand. Everyone deserves a life where they can be happy and understood and not looked down upon by everyone because of someone who has the power to convince them that what happens is because of a certain race and appearance. That is not the righteousness of life.