and the most important contrast is the infinite shades of gray between black and white. I wrote an essay back in August before the Middle East blew up, titled and subtitled, "The World (Especially the Middle East) Reflects More Shades of Grey Than Any Box of Crayola Crayons, Black-and-white thinking, confirmation bias, identity politics, and polarity consciousness are cancers upon humanity, while moderation, which respects all colors of the rainbow, contains more powerful messages than even the most vibrant grey." https://medium.com/pitfall/-50dca751d2db

Here's the intro: "What is color? I used to think that white is all color as it reflects all wavelengths, and black is no color as it absorbs all light. Those are true. Yet it is also true that black is all colors, as when one combines all colors of paint, black results. To us, color is what our brains tell us we see based on the wavelengths of light reflected by the surface and detected by the receptors in our retinas. To another species, earthly or extra-terrestrial, the colors we perceive in an object may look entirely different. Yet, is it different? The lenses through which we observe various matters, both tangible and intangible, color our perspectives. (See my Of Lenses, A poem on differing perspectives).

When a person is color blind, does the object or person observed have color? Does color matter, or is it just a label, and labels limit and obscure the true essence? Do labels describe or create false narratives of superiority designed to maintain power structures? Is racism about race or the few rich fearing the strength of a united poor?"