Color Blind

Are you Color Blind? Does the color of another person's skin keep you from openly communicating with that person? Are your kids Color Blind? Do you teach them that being Color Blind is always positive or do you teach them to not be Color Blind? 

We live in a world in which so many people live their lives strictly based on color and not a person's heart or character or personality. However, most young children never see color but it is the adults who use color to promote negativity and then teach their children at very young ages to operate in the same manner.

To delve further into the nature of the word Color Blind, hit that play button and let's find out the significance of the word and why our children are key to keeping the word intact forever.

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Hey hey, what's up out there again, everybody? I'm your host, Greg Mac of You Better Plan on the Podcast. Catch me every Tuesday live by way of YouTube at 12 p.m. Pacific Standard Time or go to www.youbetterplan on the podcast.burstsprout.com and catch me at one of your favorite sites there. And do me a big favor, whether you're on YouTube or whatever site, go ahead and hit that subscribe button because I got so much more to come. Now, with that said, let's go ahead and get started. As you always know, I lead off by saying, you know, a podcast is about having an effective daily plan, or at least having a plan that's flexible and effective enough for you to do the things you need to do as safely and efficiently as possible. So everybody needs one, whether you believe it or not, you need to have an effective daily plan, or at least a plan for whatever occasion again that you are trying to accomplish, or whatever comes before you that might catch you off guard, and you need to have that flexibility to do so. So, with that said, let's go ahead and talk about the topic of the day that does involve a form of planning. And the name of the topic is called Colorblind. Colorblind. So let me give you some insight on why I chose this particular topic. Uh, just uh a couple of weekends ago, I was out at one of the parks, you know, and and walking my pets, you know, and I looked around, and it was a huge day because there's a lot of uh flag football and soccer and things of that nature going on. So there's a lot of families everywhere, you know, kids, kids upon kids upon kids, you know, out at the large playground that sits at this particular park, you know, and you know, I watched the kids, and I would have to say, if when I looked at the kids between probably the ages of maybe two and eight years old, they were just having such a ball. And I would say probably somewhere between, it had to be more than 30 kids, easily, just all over the place enjoying themselves. And then you got the parents at the different locations around the park to have you know areas where you can barbecue and picnic and things of that nature. And then, you know, so it was quite interesting to observe for quite a bit and to just see how the word colorblind factors into what I was watching while I was at the park walking my pets, you know, I notice two different things going on at the same time. You know, once the kids get out there, you know, they just go and do their thing. You know, the kids plan, when you got kids that young must have between two and eight years old, their plan is of that particular moment is I'm going to the park and I'm just going to let it all hang out. The slides and everything else that they can get on, the climbing apparatuses and things. They just go and do their thing. And what kids are able to do at those ages is they're able to just not see color. They will just pick someone who's doing something that they're interested in doing, and they just go, go, go until the parents make them stop or they get tired and need to go over and take a break. Now, the parents on the other side, you know, was interesting. I would like to say and would like to think that most of them, if not all, don't see color either. Because I know the kids didn't see color because we were talking about there's black kids, white kids, Asian kids, just kids of all different ethnicities and diversities, just playing together and having a good time and chasing each other around. They didn't care. They didn't see color. They didn't care about color. Now, uh, in the case of the parents, I would like to say I don't believe they cared about color, and maybe some of them did. I can't say for certain, but I noticed the majority of the families that were out there in their own little cliques, they stayed pretty much contained over into the areas where they were. Other than the ones who would come over and stand at a distance and watch their kids. Yeah, they will talk to other parents a little bit, but I didn't see all that detailed communication that you saw with the children. So, you know, again, colorblind, you know. And uh, and what did bother me a little bit was the majority of those families stayed in their own little cliques, you know. Just stayed wherever they were with the people they were with, their kind of people, you know, and there were some mixes in there here and there, but for the most part, I was kind of thinking to myself, oh, well, you know, the kids don't care. But I'm watching the adults and the adults, you know, while some of them only communicated because their kids were playing together, and that was great to see, but for the most part, they talk a little bit and then all of a sudden you go and they go opposite each other. The interactions were not there as you've seen with the kids. And then there were parents who I could tell, or at least family members, who didn't even worry about the kids. They were caught up in what they were doing, you know. I would love to see more interaction. So when I talk about colorblind, I speak highly of children, young children to be exact, you know, that ages of between, let's say, two and eight years of age, you know, and maybe more like two to six years of age. They don't really worry about color, you know. So think about where you live, where you're from, the things that you do every day, and take the opportunity when you're out somewhere at an event and watch children, young children. And I'll just say, go ahead and keep between two and six and two and eight years of age, and then watch adults at these different venues where they have areas like sitting at picnic tables and got chairs and stuff out there. Watch how much more different the interactions are between the children, because they don't see color one way or the other, and then the adults. And I and I like the, like I said, I like to believe that they don't see color, but I have no doubt in my mind there was at least one person out there who made sure he or she did not socialize with someone of a different race or different color, you know. But in the case of those kids, man, just watching them do their thing was impressive. So when you think about what you do during your day-to-day, your planning, you know, I would like to just ask you, especially for the adults out there, take the time to communicate with anyone you feel is necessary to communicate with, you know. Show them love. I don't care what color they are. Show them some love. Have a conversation when you're out there at the park, you're out at an event, you know. I know most people do, but there are those that are out there who don't. And they don't do it for a reason. And I've been around it, I grew up around it, and I witnessed it in person, personally in person, and watching other situations. Parents, make sure you continue to teach your kids to not see color. Make sure they remain colorblind. But there are those parents out there who teach kids to be colorblind. Hey, you don't socialize with those types of people. You know, and one of the interesting things that I like to do is I go on YouTube and I check things out, you know, and postings and things of that nature. And I just kind of watch and see all these different videos involving blacks and whites or blacks in whatever, whatever, whatever nationality it is where someone performs racism against someone else, you know, like on an airplane or in a shopping center, you know, whether in a high-priced store or the high-profile restaurant, where, you know, you see the minority getting treated a certain way because of the color of the skin, only to find out that that minority or whoever the other person is owned the establishment or was the top investor of that establishment. And I say that to say this we want to ensure that we are colorblind. We live in a world where people want to be divided or want us to be divided. You know, there are millions of people out there who want us to be divided. There are organizations out there that just see white as the primary color, as the premier, the superior color. And I'm sure there are other races out there that see their color as a superior color here on this earth. But God doesn't see color. And that's why I love young kids. Young kids could care less about color unless they are taught by their parents to hate someone early on that's different than they are. The skin color. You know? I just see for me, I watch closely everywhere I go. I'm careful about the areas that I enter into. I watch how people look at me. You know, people whisper. I've I've been around, and I'm sure many of you have too, but colorblind. I always want to be colorblind, and you should want that same thing for you and your families, especially our children. We want them to grow up and be able to be diversified enough to just enjoy anyone at any given time, regardless of their color. Colorblind. Think about it. Watch your children closely. All of your children, regardless of age, but especially your young children, watch how they interact with others closely. When you go somewhere where there's hundreds of thousands of people and there's a big event or something, watch all of your kids, your grandkids, watch them closely and see how they interact. And then take a look at all the adults in those same areas and watch them closely and see how they interact with other people of different colors. It's interesting. Because at that park, I was somewhat confused because I thought there would be more adult interactions with other families around there, but people seem to stay in their own little cliques or their own little worlds and would only interact, like I said, once they went over, especially when you got kids two and three years old and you need to watch them closely, they'd interact, but it didn't seem like it had that flavor to it where they were really interested in interacting as much as they were watching their kids. Sure, they did the interaction, like I said, somewhat, but it could have been more, you know. And I'm not saying that they were colorblind or they weren't colorblind. I'm just saying the kids did not care one way or the other what color another kid was. They were strictly colorblind and enjoying themselves. You know. Even when, you know, a little pushing and shoving broke out and the kid pushed another kid and the kid was crying, they didn't care about the color. They just cared about the action. The parents, on the other hand, who knows what their thoughts were when they go and say, hey, what happened? You know, and you could tell. There was a couple of occasions where a couple of mothers seemed to be a little upset about the kids getting pushed and shoved. And then that's understandable. That's kind of annoying. But, you know, the question is, you know, were they looking at that situation as, hey, my kid is this color, your kid's that color, your kid shoved my kid because of color. Who knows what their thoughts were? I really would have loved to have gone on and gone over there and conducted an interview on what they thought, just pulled them to the side, but wasn't gonna do that. That's a little bit too much. But please, you know, everybody, think about it. Think about the word colorblind. Do you want to be known as someone who's colorblind? Do you want your family to be known as people that are colorblind? They don't see color, they don't worry about color. Is this a kid's thing? But because we're adults, we should not even worry about the word colorblind. We should always be careful to stay around our own, keep to ourselves, worry about our own color. We need to get away from that. God made us all to join together, communicate together, be in communion together, be in good spirit together, not be at each other's throats because of skin color or where someone lives or what someone has, you know. It makes no sense. That's why I wanted to just uh quickly touch on the word colorblind. It's an important word, and it means a lot when you look at where someone is from and they color their skin. Do you see their skin color as a threat? Is is that the problem? Do you see it as a threat? You don't believe that you have the ability to enjoy someone of a different color? Just be colorblind. It's a great thing to be diverse and live in such a diverse country. But it's a sad thing when we know that there are so many people out there who don't deal with certain skin color. They don't believe in it. You're not welcome in their environment or around their neighborhood, around their community, around their families, around their friends, loved ones, and kids. You know, it's a shame. So what I'm saying to you is think about the word colorblind. Take heed to it. Watch carefully when you go places, when you're out and about. Teach your kids to be colorblind, teach yourselves to be colorblind, talk about it and be about it. So, in closing, I want to say thank you for watching or tuning in wherever you are. Please keep continuing to do so. And again, think about the word colorblind and how it reflects on you. Are you colorblind or are you not? If you are, great. If you're not, get there. So we can all continue to be in good spirits with one another and love one another. Internally, externally, and worldwide. Take care of yourselves out there and always remember a plan that succeeds is a plan that can fulfill your needs. God bless you. Stay safe, Rock, Simplify, and we'll chat again soon.