The paradox of the color black
18th Jan. '07 · Category: Messages & Meanings · Tags: black, color-meaning, language
Authored by Kate Smith
In her essay Delving into recesses of word ‘black,‘ Signithia Fordham, professor of Gender and Women’s Studies and an associate professor of anthropology at the University of Rochester, touches on the paradox of the color black.
“Paradoxically, black, as both an identity and a crayon color, is concurrently loved and loathed, desired and despised,” she writes.
