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the page is white

the text is black

what does this signify?

>> No.6358934

>confusing the concept of colours with cultural races

>> No.6358936

>>6358934

>thinks color has nothing to do with race or social relations

fuck off

>> No.6358954

That bleached wood pulp and black ink are cheaper to produce and thus more common than alternatives.

>> No.6358960

That the contrast in color allows easier reading.

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>>6358936
not in the context of books. I don't think that it objectively signifies anything to do with race until you posted the picture of the beautiful man of colour.

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>>6358914
Why would the Egyptians feel they had to push the issue of how pale they were by darkening in the whole page to make the writing and illustrations light/white?