Thursday, July 16, 2009

Is it possible for a thesaurus to be racist?

Found this on Thesaurus.com today while looking up the color black. Just the color, nothing else. This was the first entry:

Main Entry:black
Part of Speech:noun
Definition:African-American
Synonyms: African, Afro-American, Negro
Antonyms: Caucasian, white

The opposite of black people is white people? Does that mean the opposite of red people is yellow people? What about brown people? Does that make them a primary color or a secondary color? What happens when a white person goes on vacation and forgets to wear sunscreen? I need to see the color wheel that describes these rules.