The Irony of Idiocy

http://tinyurl.com/2rs7pg – Read this before you continue.

Now, I’d like to point out how amazingly idiotic this situation is. Simple, innocent happenings concluding with such blatant hypocrisy are what further exacerbate any racism, sexism, etc.

Allow me to elaborate on why I say ‘hypocrisy’, while making a few points.

First of all, I think it quite reasonable to say, “Yes, people have different skin colors. Yes, different colors come out in various, differentiating ways in, say, photographs. Yes, lining up the children based on skin color would be far easier for the photographer.”

 To make such an unnecessary stupidity of a photographer doing something like this is hypocrisy in itself; the parents, by thwarting this innocent act, have thus reinforced the fact that people have to be careful, aware, and consciously thinking about not doing something because of skin color, rather than accepting the simple fact that colors of the skin are different, and going no further than that (because there is no further to go).

Because my wording is vague, I’ll compare this to two differences we think nothing of.

A photographer, to a classroom of children, says, “Okay, kids. Make three rows. Taller people in the back, medium people in the middle, and shorter people in the front. That way, you can all stand, and each of your faces will be seen.” – There’s no problem with this, is there? As a matter of fact, it’s commonly done, without any qualm.

Why?

Because people see no further than the obvious, and reasonable differences of height. Why should it be any different in skin color? Obviously a person of darker skin would be more difficult to see in a lack of light than a person with lighter skin. Am I racist for making this assumption?

No. I have common sense.

I think that, by suggesting the children line up by skin color, for the photograph to be taken more easily, advocated seeing only the differences in color as just that; differences in color. Nothing more, nothing less. The parents, ironically enough, are what make this case a contribution to the life of racism.