[Cathy-Coyle32438]

I think it’s vastly over-sensitive to take offense at words that might, somehow, under someone’s stretched interpretation, mean something negative about their race. Our language is filled with words and phrases relating to darkness as something negative or to be fearful of (‘a dark cloud’) but that’s the nature of the world. Night, not day, portends fear or the unknown. A dark shadow hides something or blocks clarity. A dark cloud is seen to spoil a bright day or forbode something sinister or unwanted about to happen, a metaphor for the storm to come. Things don’t grow and flowers don’t bloom in the darkness. Menacing criminals lie in wait under cover of darkness. Hallowe’en goblins and witches aren’t scary in the daylight, and there was never a sunny day in the creepy Legend of Sleepy Hollow. We can’t see in the dark so we don’t know what’s waiting or hiding – man has a natural aversion to darkness, I think. In the bible, in literature, in poetry and even in weather reports, dark is bad, light is good, but I have NEVER seen or heard anyone equate this to skin color until now.

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Name : Cathy-Coyle32438, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Catholic, Age : 53, City : Sacramento, State : CA, Country : United States, Occupation : retired, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

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