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[edit] Black isn't a colour
Black is not a colour - it is an absence of colour.
[edit] Black is an absence of light
The abscence of colour is white, the absence of light is black, why are absences of colour or light regarded as not being a colour? If anything, black and white are shades of grey (Which is a colour)
There lies a paradox as to whether or not black is a color. If you use the spectrum reasoning, black not being part of the 7 component colours that make up white light, then black is not a colour. However, if black is explained as absorbing all light such that no light reflects back to an observer's eyes, then black is what the eyes perceive as "just another colour" because the eyes can't decipher which colour is it.
[edit] Why was there so much discussion about black people in this talk page
Why was there so much discussion about black people here? This article is about the color black, not black people. If you want to discuss black people, go to talk:Black people. I've moved all of the discussion about black people to the appropriate talk page. Helicoptor 17:01, 2 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Unsourced
The vast majority of this article is unsourced. Anything that is especially valuable that should be retained? - brenneman {L} 00:55, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
- It is not footnoted, to be sure, but deleting legitimate material for that reason alone seems like self-destructiveness. Paul B 01:48, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
- I've added a {{fact}} tag to a recent unsourced entry. I'd like to remove items without sources after they have been tagged like this and no sources are found. - brenneman {L} 02:18, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Redirecto!
Shouldn't the word "Kuro" redirect here? I mean, after all, Kuro does mean black, black as in color...
[edit] Deletion
I deleted the following sentence from the article:
Manifestations of centuries of racist philosophy (disseminated by whites, Arabs, and other "fair" skinned people) are evident in the continued perception of black inferiority within and outside black populations (ie. the racist stereotype that black people are more often criminals).
Assertions of this kind are not fit for an encylopedia. It is subjective and unverifiable.--130.85.194.105 23:58, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Vandalism
some has vandalised wikipedia,(i.e. nonsensical references to african americans) please revert the article to its previous stage
thank you
[edit] Not a color?
Black while commonly referred to as a color, is in actuality the abscence of color and as a word has several subtle differences in meaning. is the current lead sentence.
If you ask a typical person, he'll say black is a color. The American Heritage Dictionary says black is a color. I think the lead should identify black as a color, perhaps with a modifying/clarifying clause. -Grick(talk to me!) 01:35, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
- I've gone ahead and copy/pasted and edited the intro from the white article. If somebody disagrees, please post here. -Grick(talk to me!) 23:53, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Vandalism
Someone has embedded code to put derogatory comments in this article. I tried editing the page to remove it but it is somehow furthur embedded and I am not sure how to remove it. It is right under this section :
"Color or light" it says: "Blck people suck"
This needs to be removed
