Posted on 01/26/2023 6:35:37 AM PST by MtnClimber
It sounds like a bad joke about woke gone amok, but it’s not. Norway’s University of Bergen is sponsoring research into the burning question of whether and how white paint contributes to white supremacy and why Norway should feel guilty about it because of its role in it.
It turns out, you see, that Norwegians were behind the innovation of titanium white paint, which is considered pure white.
The university wants researchers to explore “the cultural and aesthetic changes instigated by titanium white … and how can both the material in itself and these changes be conceptualized and made visible?”
This story quickly made the rounds in conservative circles. But let’s take a closer look. And, holy cow, does racism in the paint industry run deep!
Examine with us, if you will, the color wheel of Sherwin-Williams, the largest paint manufacturer in the country and brags that it covers the earth. There are literally dozens of variations of white, all of them with lovely-sounding names such as:
-Greek Villa
-Pearly White
-Extra White
-Pure White
-Reserved White
-Incredible White
-Nice White
-Windfresh White.
There are, in contrast, only a handful of black shades with not-so-lovely names like:
-Black Swan
-Anchors Aweigh
-Mineral Gray
-Inkwell
Go over to Benjamin Moore and you find white colors with names such as Pristine and Palace White vs. black shades named Topsoil and Sharkskin.
Need we say more?
Plus, while we haven’t done any research in this area, our guess it that these companies sell far more whites than blacks, or even browns, or reds, or yellows.
Is it any wonder we are plagued with white supremacy everywhere we turn?
In case anyone is confused, we aren’t serious.
But it’s hard to tell these days. The left has politicized everything else, why not paint colors?
The idea that a prestigious institution would waste time and money on what is perhaps one of the most idiotic areas of inquiry is a sign of how deeply woke culture has penetrated. What’s next? Forcing children to learn about “critical paint theory”?
Our concern isn’t that the research will turn up evidence of heretofore hidden racism in paint colors. It’s that someone in the woke army will read this editorial and mount a campaign demanding that paint companies reorganize and rename their paint charts, that they include one black color variation for every white one, they hire more people of color in their stores, etc.
— Written by the I&I Editorial Board
Not pushing an old person in front of the subway train
Going into a jewelry store and not stealing anything
Not holding the gun sideways when trying to cap a few of the rival gang
I drive a white Mustang convertible with a black top.
Does that make it okay?...........
It’s an incredibly racist to automatically associate dark clouds with rain and bad weather. It perpetuates a supremacist ideology that has existed for four billion years.
The only solution is to take all Whiteys’ money and then eliminate Whitey.
The Babylon Bee has some competition here.
Reminds me of an old Eddie Arnold song.
There’s a black cloud hanging over my head
Down to my last buck
With that old black cloud hanging over my head
There ain’t no such thing as good luck.
Can't say, as regards issues of racism and "mierda de toro," but if the weather is good for you, I am jealous of your racist Mustang.
Wouldn't you also be guilty of animal-cultural appropriation, and depening on the age of the car or you....
On the other hand, my white RAM is diesel.... Now approved as "green" in some locales. So yeah, racist. Not to mention Red, Badger.
My wife’s RAM is Blue.......................
ROFL!!!
Here some say the color indicates depression. In German, it means drunk. If only your wife's RAM sang the blues, and got the royalties to all those songs. Ah, the difference between things.
Only in the luxurious and protected walls of higher education colleges can such stupidity be invented.
Wesley Snipes Black
Beyonce Black
Michael Jackson Black (a.k.a. Taupe)
And lest anyone accuse me of racism, here are some suggestions for white:
Nicole Kidman White
Tom Hanks White
George Hamilton White (a.k.a. Taupe, or Michael Jackson Black)
Black shades? Black is not a shade. Black is the absence of all color. White is the presence of all colors. Ask an artist. Therefore, black is racist/exclusionary. White is inclusive. QED.
My car is white. Not by choice, I actually wanted the black one that was loaded.
I think I was a victim of bait and switch.
One of these days I’ll probably get all my windows smashed…
Man, you are so right.
All my underwear is white, too.
Feral is increasing faster than expected Jim.
Well, at least they aren't responsible for Icelandic Ultra Blue:
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