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CMV: Philadelphia's addition of black & brown stripes to the Gay Pride Flag is unnecessary, and creates more division than it aims to alleviate.

The original Gay Pride Flag was created with 8 colors to symbolize the diversity within the gay community. The colors are;

Red - Life
Orange - Healing
Yellow - Sunlight
Green - Nature
Cyan - Magic
Blue - Peace
Violet - Spirit
Pink - Sexuality

From what I've seen, any white person who refutes the addition of black & brown is called a racist. And that seems to be the only argument for the new additions. People want to add black & brown because the flag is racist otherwise.

But I don't see how this makes sense. There is no white on the flag. The colors, together, make white. But only if we're talking about light. The colors can also make brown & black, and any other color imaginable if we're talking about pigment.

My argument is that the following would be a ridiculous symbology for the Gay Pride Flag;

Black - Black people
Brown - Brown People
Red - Life
Orange - Healing
Yellow - Sunlight
Green - Nature
Cyan - Magic
Blue - Peace
Violet - Spirit
Pink - Sexuality

Two of those things don't belong.

TL;DR::: The flag is not racist as it is; black and brown aren't in the light spectrum; the flag is already meant to symbolize diversity


EDIT: This entire thread has taken an unfortunate turn from trying to change my view, to an unnecessary argument about the inequalities faced by groups who were never a part of my original argument. My view has not been changed.
gpt
> The flag is not racist as it is; black and brown aren't in the light spectrum; the flag is already meant to symbolize diversity

What if you wanted a movement that fought for both sexual and racial rights? Some sort of alliance that allowed both groups to exercise more political power? Then this sounds like a decent flag for them!