Eduardo Bonilla-Silva works as a sociology professor at Duke University and has become very well known in this field for many well-researched, yet controversial, views on the prevalence of racism in our society. His works challenge the color-blind thinking which many Americans demonstrate. The basic idea of color-blindness is that race and racial characteristics should ...
The retina (Thin layer of neural cells covering the back two-thirds of the eyeball.) contains two types of photoreceptors: Rods and cones. Approximately 125 million rod receptors, located mostly at the periphery of the retina, more sensitive to light than cones, but not able to differentiate among colors, and not able to perceive shades of ...
The health of a baby lies in the amount of care a parent takes. If neglected the child’s health and even life may be under jeopardy. Even the slightest of the negligence can affect the child’s progress in terms of academics and personal life . Thus below mentioned are some good tips for parents to ...
Color blindness is a common trait among men. For most, the complications of color blindness often go unnoticed and the vision complication may not even be diagnosed until testing by an ophthalmologist. If you have been diagnosed with color blindness, it is important to understand how the vision complication may adversely affect your life and ...
When you order at a restaurant in New Mexico you will be asked the question, “Red or Green?” This is not a Christmas quiz or a test for color blindness. What they want to know is whether you want your meal with red or green chile. In New Mexico, Chile is served with almost any ...
Over the many years as a teacher I have tried to be creative in the classroom even with the testing. There are a few different viewpoints on the process of testing and assessment in general. The most common viewpoint is that testing is an evaluation of the instruction that has been given and is more ...
Each year, millions of individuals are diagnosed with a life impacting vision disorder known as color blindness. For many, being colorblind may simply involve the inability to proper match clothing colors, leading to irregular clothing selections. Still, for others, the colorblindness may be of such a degree and severity so as to complicate even the ...
The eye is a magnificent organ; our eyesight depends on the physiology and perception of the eye and the interpretation of the brain. We are able to see because the retina, the membrane at the rear of the eye, contains light wavelength neurorecptors, called rods and cones. Rod cells work in lesser light situations, such ...
It is a common misconception that the colorblind see the world in shades of black and white. True monochromasy, where an individual sees the world as if it were a movie from the 1950’s, exists in only a very small portion of the population, and is, in fact, almost mythic. The most common form of ...
