Colour Blindness: In an Unusual and Good Way

The dictionary says that colour blind are those who have the inability of a person to distinguish between two colours.

 I wish to live in a world where every-one is colour blind....hold on, do not misunderstand me!! By the above statement I mean to describe a world where there is no discrimination on the basis of skin colour.

As we all are aware of the fact that the fair-skinned people enjoy more privileges than the one with a dark tone. It is core truth that the former have more avenues than the latter.

This discrimination on the basis of complexion dates back to the late 1800s when apartheid was practised in South Africa. The blacks were enslaved and forced to do numerous arduous jobs and what they got in return were meager wages. The whites on the other hand savoured every freedom. They mastered the blacks. It was apartheid that gave birth to the custom of discrimination on the basis of skin tone, and as years passed this practice gained grounds.

Recently, we have come across so many issues on racial attacks in Australia. The Indians were brutally assaulted in those foreign lands just because they had a darker tone than the Australians, apart from other grudges. The day is not far when this heinous practice would prove to be one of the major reasons behind the countries waging wars.

In my opinion, people living in this era should be oblivious to racism, lack an understanding of racism, have minimal expectation from blacks and may profess to be colour blind. The society should suppress dichotomy associated between blacks and whites. Racial and cultural differences should not be considered as important. One should always remember that it is not the complexion but the deeds of an individual that adds an extra credit to his personality.

Thus, its good to be colour blind if we want to live in a fair and just world.

                                                                                           By Shreya Bhattacharya
                                 
                                                                                                                  Post done by Saumya Sharma