Love the lyrics of the song – in my opinion – rambling on a blog is always justified – thanks for the comment!

On the one hand, what’s wrong with noticing the glaringly obvious physical characteristic of a person when describing them (or playing Guess Who?)? Let’s face it- the amount of melanin in a person’s skin is just a bit obvious. It’s the same as mentioning color of hair or color eyes, of how tall a person is. It’s part of who the person is.

What you have taught your children, though, is that they shouldn’t make judgments based on a person’s skin color. That is the important lesson. The color of a person’s skin has no more to do with a person’s personality and character than, well, the color or his or her eyes or hair.

As a society, I think we’ve swung the racial pendulum just a bit to far. In an effort to avoid judging a person on their melanin count and offending them, we ignore it all together. MLK dreamed of a day when his children would be judged not on the color of their skin, but the content of their character- not that no one would notice the color of their skin.

There’s a song that explains it quite well.
“Pardon me, your epidermis is showing, sir
I couldn’t help but note your shade of melanin
I tip my hat to the colorful arrangement
Cause I see the beauty in the tones of our skin …
A piece of canvas is only the beginning for
It takes on character with every loving stroke
This thing of beauty is the passion of an Artist’s heart
By God’s design, we are a skin kaleidoscope ”

The song? “Colored People” by DC Talk.

hmm… I’ve rambled enough… maybe I should start writing on my own blog for a change…