Beige

What does it mean to be "white"? Is it a racist way of saying that someone is not brown or black? All humans are people of color. Human skin colors are beige, brown, black, and all tones in between. No one is white. Human skin is never white. However, culture refers to "whites" and "nonwhites"; or even worse , to "whites" and "people of color" as if beige was not a color. Why is that? Can we ever escape it?

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Ending white privilege is essential to end racism. Popular culture divides the world in two groups: whites; and nonwhites. Or even worse (even more privileged), between "whites" and "people of color". It's time to wake up. White people are actually of beige color. That is a fact. 

Run an easy experiment. Find the palest human around you. Compare the skin color to a white shirt or white socks. Do you see the difference? So-called white skin is actually beige. We know, this is uncomfortable, bubble-popping exercise that "white" people find unnecessary. Relax. You can handle it.  

It's an inconvenient truth that is not easy to handle. You can do it though. Be brave. Give it a try. Realize that no one is white. You have been living in a cultural bubble all this time.  

Human skin is never white. Even the palest human specimen on Earth is of light beige colored skin rather than pure white. Yes, what culture has indoctrinated you to see as white skin and "pure", absent of color, is actually color beige. Yes, beige is a color. Beige people (aka "white" people) are people of color. 

All humans are people of color. 

Human skin comes in different tones of black, brown, and beige. Human skin is never white. Many "white" people find this overwhelmingly painful and even offensive. It's an uncalled for popping of a cultural bubble. You can handle it. Don't worry.   

Understandably, "whites" do not want to give up the privilege of being called white. All European languages are super tilted in favor of white. White is innocent, pure, benevolent, and so forth whereas brown and black are essentially dirty and evil. Who would want to give up such a privilege? How would you be a "white" savior if you are demoted to beige? How would you love yourself if now you are just another "person of color"?

Change happens. Change is inevitable and unstoppable. What matters is how we react to it. Take Trump, for example. From a relatively successful business con man he turned into the most infamous president in our history. And all because a black president made fun of him. 

Obama has owned Trump since day one. Obama is a cultural icon who keeps getting more and more admired as time goes by. Trump is a moron who keeps getting more ridiculed as time goes by. Trump is now a symbol of white privilege. By ending Trump, we are ending white privilege in our United States. That is a movement that will help all of us. 

All humans are people of color. All Americans are human. Thus, all Americans are people of color. Americans come in three main color shades: beige, brown, and black.  a pale old dude with fake orange spray. Regardless of skin color, we are all Americans, citizen owners of the United States. 

The best is yet to come. What do you think?

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