Last weekend I attended the Wisdom2Summit/Conference. An interview with Chelsea Handler, one of my favorites, was quite complelling. She mentioned racism and her upcoming Netflix show about white privilege. She, too, used the words “people of color.” Then, yesterday Chris Matthews as well as his interviewee Omarosa uttered them. Each time, it feels like a dissonant chord of separateness is being struck. Perhaps right now these popular words are necessary for discussion; however, I look forward to the day when identification via color of skin ceases to exist.

Although categorized as caucasian, I am 50% Spanish Basque with an olive complexion. With the varying shades in each color category, we are all “people of color”.