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| quote: | Originally posted by Radagast
...and as we all know, the color of the clothes someone wears is comparable to racism in many ways. |
Not in a literal sense, of course.
But from a lot of the comments on this thread, it seems as though some people would be afraid to talk to a guy wearing a pink shirt. Hell, I knew kids in High School who were so homophobic, they were afraid to talk to my math teacher because all he wore was pink and lime T-shirts. I was pointing out the parallels with wearing certain-colored clothing and racism to illustrate that the perception of color is a myth in many senses - most of them having to do with false pretenses stemming from illogical prejudices involving traditional gender roles.
My reaction to such judgement was similar to my reaction when people are afraid of skin color, to such a degree, that they have set up certain barriers in their mind limiting their judgement based on looks, alone.
I swear, people are like peacocks - only basing things on the color and breadth of each others' plumage. 
It would be nice if humans could move past all of it, but until then...
some guys can pull off pink, and some can't. 
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