mynewnameonhere t1_it64uv0 wrote on October 21, 2022 at 5:21 AM

Reply to comment by mysterybasil in [OC] 15 Years of New York City Shooting Victims by supaplex_

Why? It drives me nuts when people go out of their way to mix up the colors. Everyone knows what they should be. Everyone knows why you didn’t make them that. It’s unnecessarily confusing. So why not just do it? If the color of a dot on a map offends you, you need to grow a fucking backbone.

mysterybasil t1_it6yihe wrote on October 21, 2022 at 11:46 AM

Because it offends people. It may be unreasonable, but it means that some people will be turned off from the message. Some will take it as a sign that you aren't particularly sophisticated around issues of race.

TheBravadoBoy t1_it6hk1e wrote on October 21, 2022 at 8:03 AM

I’ve read so many maps with different colors for race. They’re not confusing. It’s 5 values. Are you trolling? Good luck when you see a map with a color gradient

mynewnameonhere t1_it6oo8g wrote on October 21, 2022 at 9:47 AM

Are you trolling? A map where white=brown, black=red, asian=white, Native American=yellow, and Indian=blue is objectively more difficult to read. You have to either study and memorize the whole key, which is completely random, or continuously refer back and forth to the map and key every time you want to know what something is. There is no other way. And then you want to mix up the colors every time?

In comparison, if you use white=white, black=black, Asian=yellow, Native American=red, and Indian=brown, everyone instantly knows what everything is. You don’t even need a key. It’s a universal language that’s immediately understood by everyone and it’s a standard used across every visual representation of race.

mysterybasil t1_it7g7zc wrote on October 21, 2022 at 2:12 PM

I don't think many Asian people really want to be called yellow, regardless of whether it makes it easier to read a map.