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Symbolism of color, dichotomy black and white,

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gives different connotations.

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Words like black markets, black list and black
male

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carry negative connotation and are seen to
be undesirable.

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These invokes the history of colonialism, where
the white skin color

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is seen as superior and the black skin color
is seen as inferior.

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These terms are regarded as subconsciously
racialized.

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My question is, will it not be much more appropriate
to give

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skin color descriptions using other words,
rather than white

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and black descriptions?

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So I will answer the question

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in two parts, because I believe that there
are two themes.

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Firstly, when we look at examples such as black
market,

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black list and black mail, we can question
whether these examples

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are directly linked to skin color or whether
they are linked

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to other kinds of symbolisms, such as those
of mystery.

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And secondly, on the question about whether
we should use

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different words to describe skin color.

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I would disagree with that because I think
that could reproduce the problems

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surrounding the skin color dichotomy of black
and white.

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What I would suggest is that we focus on colonial
histories

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to better understand why and how they determined

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which skin color should be inferior and which
skin color should be superior.