Colourblindness
Discussion
Why is it legal to discriminate against people who are colourblind in job adverts but pretty much illegal for any other disability?
Also why is provision made for the small number of people in wheelchairs with ramps etc, but the 8% of the male population that are colourblind still have to put up with red/green lights etc everywhere?
Also why is provision made for the small number of people in wheelchairs with ramps etc, but the 8% of the male population that are colourblind still have to put up with red/green lights etc everywhere?
DragsterRR said:
Why is it legal to discriminate against people who are colourblind in job adverts but pretty much illegal for any other disability?
What's the job? Painter and decorator? Electrician (I know a couple of colour blind sparks).Could it be that you're just getting purple with rage, you've seen a red rag - or is this a genuine green light issue for you?
But I think that illustrates the point...
"If redesigning the workplace or machinery to eliminate connotative colour
coding is not possible.."
Try saying no we can't redesign anything for that disabled person....they can sod off....and see how far you get.
It's the whole red/green thing.
Red doesn't mean stop and green mean go inherently. We are taught as such.
Why use two colours that 8% of the population regularly confuse.
Why not use red and blue, no one confuses red and blue.
Why the insistance on red and green?
"If redesigning the workplace or machinery to eliminate connotative colour
coding is not possible.."
Try saying no we can't redesign anything for that disabled person....they can sod off....and see how far you get.
It's the whole red/green thing.
Red doesn't mean stop and green mean go inherently. We are taught as such.
Why use two colours that 8% of the population regularly confuse.
Why not use red and blue, no one confuses red and blue.
Why the insistance on red and green?
Don't know if true:
"In the 19th century, rail yards all used their own signal systems. Then, in 1841, railway bigwig Henry Booth pushed to standardize Britain’s color scheme, suggesting red signal “stop,” white signal “go,” and green signal “caution.” Decades later, after a train plowed through a stop signal when a red lens popped off, causing a fake white “go” light and a nasty crash, officials decided to eliminate confusion by giving green an upgrade."
"In the 19th century, rail yards all used their own signal systems. Then, in 1841, railway bigwig Henry Booth pushed to standardize Britain’s color scheme, suggesting red signal “stop,” white signal “go,” and green signal “caution.” Decades later, after a train plowed through a stop signal when a red lens popped off, causing a fake white “go” light and a nasty crash, officials decided to eliminate confusion by giving green an upgrade."
Pints said:
Colour blindness.
I don't see the point.
Allegedly, better night vision - hence why it's still prevalent, as it's often useful for nighttime hunting and raping.I don't see the point.
I found out I was colourblind at 5 years old. The first thing they did was give me a list of all the jobs I really wanted to do but was now banned from. Probably my earliest memory of being properly upset.
As Matt has shown above, it's pretty much the only disability it's still acceptable to have the piss ripped out of. Mostly it's banter of course, but sometimes there's a harder edge.
A few years ago I had to present to a group of senior managers at a well known corporate. I'd not met them before, and this was the culmination of several weeks work. After presenting my material, I asked if there were any questions, to which one of them asked 'why the f
k should I pay any attention to your analysis when you can't even get the background colour of the slides right?' (I'd used purple instead of the corporate blue). I replied with the fact I was colourblind, which is common enough that he might have considered it. I also hinted that I'd had enough of being given st for being disabled, and that this was the final straw - what did the fking colour of the slides matter? I think he had thoughts of tribunals, as he went fairly pale. It took my boss kicking my shins and telling me to be gentle that I cracked into a grin. He did apologise though.
There are glasses available now that apparently eliminate the issue - however some longer term users have reported that it's too much to use all the time, a bit like growing up in a cave then stepping into sunlight. I'm interested in trying them, but they're pretty expensive for what is perhaps frippery.
evilmunkey said:
The thing that pisses me off most is the constant use of colour coding things. Its positively useless for me. for instance the london tube map is unusable for me.
Agreed - I really struggle to use the tube map sometimes. I can often see difference in colour but can't really decipher what the colour is. I don't really care, but what does piss me off is when I tell people I am colour blind/colour deficient they then start pointing to stuff and asking what colour it is.
Sway said:
There are glasses available now that apparently eliminate the issue - however some longer term users have reported that it's too much to use all the time, a bit like growing up in a cave then stepping into sunlight. I'm interested in trying them, but they're pretty expensive for what is perhaps frippery.
There's a test on the EnChroma site to see if they should work for you, then there's is a returns policy that looks like you should be able to return them if it doesn't work for you, with the cost then being shipping and if you're unlucky duty on them (are gifts still exempt?)I'd say go for it, yes they are expensive for a pair of glasses but not for what they can do, if they work for you.
I think it's one of those things that if you got them in a few years time you would regret not getting them sooner. (IMHO)
Skodasupercar said:
Agreed - I really struggle to use the tube map sometimes. I can often see difference in colour but can't really decipher what the colour is.
I don't really care, but what does piss me off is when I tell people I am colour blind/colour deficient they then start pointing to stuff and asking what colour it is.
And it's always really obvious stuff like grassI don't really care, but what does piss me off is when I tell people I am colour blind/colour deficient they then start pointing to stuff and asking what colour it is.
"It's green"
"I thought you couldn't see green"
"I know fking grass is green"
DragsterRR said:
And it's always really obvious stuff like grass
"It's green"
"I thought you couldn't see green"
"I know fking grass is green"
Exactly..."It's green"
"I thought you couldn't see green"
"I know fking grass is green"
Point to the sky...
Point to a post box...
Then you get the funny look and have to explain about primary colours and subtle colour blends.
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