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d0">Colorblind in this sense, is not a thing. It is just blind. If they can’t see color, they can’t see me.</p><p id="d48f">Maybe, could we consider, they became blind to my color because they have a bias that lives implicitly inside them or an association that they have become aware of, but want to hide. Somewhere inside, they hold a belief that my color is not pleasing to their vision. Not beautiful…compared to others.</p><p id="3efd">My color is part of me. They have to see my color to see my pure beauty in its entirety. If they can’t see color, they can’t see me.</p><h1 id="6199">Implicit Associations</h1><p id="6b42">When you see people, do you ever think, too small, too tall, too short, too skinny, too fat, too bold, too old?</p><p id="d81d"><a href="https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/">Identify implicit associations</a>. We can all work on this as our gift to the world.</p><h1 id="4888">Beauty</h1><p id="5b40">When I saw the beautiful daffodil, the color was a beacon of its glory. It made me think about how important it is that all colors in the world are embraced.</p><p id="648a">When I saw these little violets below, I noticed how precious each was in its own color, shape, and size. In nature this is beau

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Beauty Without Bias

What do you see?

Beauty — a combination of qualities, such as shape, color, or form, that pleases the aesthetic senses, especially the sight. — Oxford Dictionary

Bias —a tendency, inclination, or prejudice toward or against something or someone. — Psychology Today

The Daffodil

I am a yellow daffodil. I embrace the setting sun. Pure beauty, simple beauty, glowing, holding nothing back. No imposed negative thoughts. Simply pure beauty only.

Many people think they are living bias-free. No implicit associations. They say they don’t see color. Well, if they can’t see color, they can’t see me. If they can’t see my color they can’t appreciate the bulb that I came from. They can’t appreciate that I prefer early spring to the heat of the summer. If they can’t see color, they can’t see me.

Colorblind in this sense, is not a thing. It is just blind. If they can’t see color, they can’t see me.

Maybe, could we consider, they became blind to my color because they have a bias that lives implicitly inside them or an association that they have become aware of, but want to hide. Somewhere inside, they hold a belief that my color is not pleasing to their vision. Not beautiful…compared to others.

My color is part of me. They have to see my color to see my pure beauty in its entirety. If they can’t see color, they can’t see me.

Implicit Associations

When you see people, do you ever think, too small, too tall, too short, too skinny, too fat, too bold, too old?

Identify implicit associations. We can all work on this as our gift to the world.

Beauty

When I saw the beautiful daffodil, the color was a beacon of its glory. It made me think about how important it is that all colors in the world are embraced.

When I saw these little violets below, I noticed how precious each was in its own color, shape, and size. In nature this is beauty. In the human race, it is too. At that moment, I saw the violets as precious little girls. I wondered how anyone could find any one of them more beautiful than the other?

Photos, K.Barrett, author
Photos, K.Barrett, author

Thanks for reading! I hope everyone embraces and finds joy in all of the colors in the world!

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