According to the Advanced learners dictionary, second edition LOVE is defined severally as:-
*to have strong feelings of affection for another adult and be romantically and sexually attracted to them, or to feel great affection for a friend or person in your family
*to like something very much
*strong liking for
In the same dictionary, hatred ot "to hate" is also defined as:-
*to dislike someone or something very much
*an extremely strong dislike
It therefore goes without saying that these two words (Love and hate) are the two extremes of LIKENESS.
In the course of human development, man (and certainly a large variety of other animals), LOVE has been (and still is) displayed using all sorts of COLOURS. This behaviour in humans is seen for example during festive periods (Christmas, Sallah celebrations, Valentine, Easter etc) when LOVED ones buy cards, flowers and other forms of gifts adorned in different COLOURS.
Houses are painted in varieties of colors to enhance romance, show affection etc. Vehicle colors are chosen in response to romantic moods. It is now virtually impossible to name a particular human behavior that does not recognize the beauty of colors.
There are so many videos, pictures and written documentation attesting to the responses of many animals that show their courtships are made using displays of colors, one of the most popular of which is the display of colorful wings by the peacock.
However, the spectrum of color goes from one extreme of total BLACK to total WHITE, meaning that the two extremes of colors are BLACK and WHITE! One would therefore wonder why the color of the skin at the two extremes of the spectrum of colors would be anything to hate each other for.
Or is it that at one extreme of LIKENESS there is LOVE and at the other extreme, there is HATE therefore COLORS, the most utilized medium to show LOVE, at one extreme of which is bright (white), should also be used to symbolize HATE at the other extreme of which is dark (BLACK)?
Is this the main cause of RACISM....? somebody help me!!