For anyone who's interested...

My friend was texting me earlier today about how band-aids were raciest because there all TAN bandaids. SO, naturally, I came across this, which I thought was....Mildly humorous.

Band-Aids for every shade

For those who are too lazy to check the link, It's an add for skin-tone appropriate band-aids.

Then, I kept looking, and found this link to a blog that I thought was very interesting, and the main point of this entry was to share this...other...blog...with...you.

Band-aid blog

particularly this bit:

"Yes, we have a black president, no the KKK aren’t marching around anymore, however the phenomenon of “White privilege” still exists. Why is it that phrases like Latino / Hispanic-American (btw the concept of being “Hispanic” “Latino” is a creation of the United States Government) and African-American are the norm while the term European-American is never used? The pre-hyphen term essentially sends a message that this person is different. The cultural default is still “white”. “Nude” colored stalkings are the pigment of white people’s skin. In essence, being white overlaps with what it means to be an American (at least as far as consumerism is concerned)."

So, if it's true that ignoring race is more racist than admitting to it, wouldn't the Clearly marked Tiana band-aids be LESS so because it admits to having race? Or more so because It's saying African Americans need there own type of band-aids?