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Perhaps life’s greatest tragedy is it’s possible to “know” something that’s false
“Hey, Genius… ever noticed you’re one of the few Black guys livin’ in our building?” my pal joked, with tongue firmly in cheek.
I smiled, racking my brain for a witty comeback.
“Hey, Nick…” I said while pointing to his feet. “Ever noticed you’re one of the few whose feet wear red shoes while livin’ in our building?”
His eyebrows raised. Seconds later, his face contorted in a squint before erupting in laughter.
Such goes the arbitrary nature of “color.” For example trumps precept, let’s take a routine traffic light for instance.
Red means stop. Yellow means hesitate. Green means go. Excellent!
Of course, if from now on we agree green means stop, yellow means hesitate and red means go… guess what?
Such “language games,” said Wittgenstein, far too often confuse us. After all, viewing Google Maps isn’t sightseeing Paris any more than browsing Olive Garden’s menu is tasting spaghetti.
As for the so-called color differences, they’re irrelevant. Ultimately. So long as each color belongs to the same crayon box — they’re all the same.
In short, whoever grasps the above insight glimpses the nature of color unmasked.
I. The Danger of ‘I Don’t Know What I Don’t Know’
“There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.”—Socrates
Wisdom, said Socrates, begins with clear definitions…
…With this simple insight, Socrates gave us thee Socratic Method.
Look up the word race, and the definitions range from “competition between runners” to “distinct physical characteristics.” Oddly enough, though both meanings point to different things, each perfectly describes today’s racial climate.
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