Colored People

    I'm sure there may be some readers that are offended by the title of this post but people are easily offended today.  It seems like this is a gut reaction to be offended without knowing the background of a comment or action.  There seems to be a lot of thin-skinned angry people today of all races looking for any reason to support their anger.  Let's not look for the negative side to every comment made by someone because any comment can be twisted into a negative view.

     Some people consider the term colored people offensive but I'm not sure why because the truth is everyone on earth is colored. Even white is a color but no one is truly white like a Styrofoam cup, people of the world have many shades to their skin but no one is colorless. The phrase "people of color" is an acceptable phase but I am confused in how it differs from the phase "colored people". Without a doubt race prejudices are real but could it be that our concern about race issues has made us overly defensive?

     The past is the past, it can't be changed, I'm not sure it helps constantly dwelling on the past.  Sure it's our history and its important to remember but we need to move forward which is hard when we are always reliving the past.  Wouldn't it be good to look to the future with a positive outlook instead of anger and revenge?

     I think it's time we get over our differences in skin shades because it shades our view of life and drives a wedge between races.  "Just Saying...."