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lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
Color is a social construct
Well, the names for different parts of the color spectrum are, I suppose. Wavelength of EM radiation, and how your brain interprets it as color, is ‘real’.
I think they were alluding to a different use of the word color.
What use? The only thing I can think of is ‘colourful’ language, which doesn’t seem to really make sense in this context.
“People of color.”
This technically goes down a very interesting line of thought that Vsauce covered once.
JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Well, the names for different parts of the color spectrum are, I suppose. Wavelength of EM radiation, and how your brain interprets it as color, is ‘real’.
tate@lemmy.sdf.org 1 year ago
I think they were alluding to a different use of the word color.
JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 1 year ago
What use? The only thing I can think of is ‘colourful’ language, which doesn’t seem to really make sense in this context.
tate@lemmy.sdf.org 1 year ago
“People of color.”
rambling_lunatic@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
This technically goes down a very interesting line of thought that Vsauce covered once.