Is it possible to talk to a person for more than ten minutes an forget whether he was black or white?????

Question

I don't know how to make this question more clearer. But, is it actually possible to speak to a person for more than ten minutes - and not remember the colour of their skin?? All you can remember is the language you used and the content of what you spoke about and the rest you cannot recall. Is this possible???

Answer 1

It's definately possible. People who are not racist and see people for who they really are and not for their color, race or religion don't pay attention to skin color. Good for you!

Answer 2

Yes, apparently a study has been done for lots of things like this:

You stop someone in the street and ask them for something for instance directions. Then on cue, two people carrying a door/ panel or some such walk in between you both and another person walks along side the door. You then walk off with the door and the other person remains. In most cases the person giving directions doesn't even notice the switch. It has been done by swapping men and women also, amazing i think.

Answer 3

are u british? do you remember brookside the liverpool soap? i used to watch it when i was a teenager. I didnt realise that mick was black until the actor who played him was on a documentary about the windrush - his family came from jamaica. Until it was pointed out to me i had no labelling system that utilised a persons colour. Nowadays all we hear about is black people an white people - no wonder we get our knickers in a knot. To answer your question yes it is - it is like speaking to someone in glasses - you dont notice the specs just the conversation. Unless of course you dont meet a lot of white or black people and then you willremember meeting someone different.

Answer 4

It happens all around you every single day. In fact, those that don't are the ones with real issues but those issues have more to do with the way they were brought up.

I was brought up to respect others, short, tall, fat, skinny... those younger as well as older, and to look out for the elderly and always to go out of my way to help older people, not to say anything offensive or use foul language... but I was taught to respect everyone. I grew up when dark skinned Hispanics and Blacks were seated in the back seats, and there were hardly any teachers of color in our schools, even the schools in the ghettos... and teachers were the authority (what they said was the law). I don't understand the question since it is so alien to me to see people in conflict over race issues. I grew up in the ghetto but there were Blacks, Whites, Baptists, Jews, Italians, Hispanics... heck, we even respected the old gay man who owned a candy store simply because he was an older man (and he respected children and never got fresh with any of the kids). Black or White, our neighors were like our parents regardless of what race, religion or ethnic background and our dad and mom would beat the living dogshit out of us if we EVER dared talk back to any of them! We bowed our heads when they scolded us, and we didn't argue because they were right! My mother allowed all our friends, Black, White, HIspanics into our home and she'd serve us all food and drinks, just like our neighbors did with us. Black, White, Hispanic... what's the issue?

(My uncle was made a joke and I still think it made a lot of sense. He said that he was prejudiced but he was fair... he said he hated Whites, Blacks, Browns, Anglos, HIspanics, Italians, Irish, Jews, Baptists, Catholics, Protestants.... he hated everyone alike because he wasn't a racist!)

Answer 5

Yes

Answer 6

I think so, I have done it, but if the conversation was interesting and you were interested in the person, Im sure you could recall their face when asked, therefore if someone asked you what coluou skin they had, you would probably be able to tell them.

Answer 7

I went out with a guy and didn't notice the colour of his skin, it was only when we got talking about hair a month down the line and I mentioned that his was felt kind or wirey, that he laughed and said 'well my did is Jamaican'. I swear, I did not even notice that he was mixed race, I just liked him for him. - Does that answer your question?

Answer 8

i never think about the colour of a persons skin
i look at the person as a fellow human being
same goes for any disability

Answer 9

It depends if the person was extremely black or extremely white.

However the general thing that humans remember is the height of the person.

Answer 10

Yeap