- Yes, you should avoid using dark/light symbolism in an offensive racist way.
- Yes, color symbolism in American cultural products such as books, TV, and movies inescapably reflects some our racist history.
- No, the symbolism of colors is not innate, inherent, or fixed. This is demonstrated by color symbolism changing...
  - over time (e.g., the meaning of pink and blue) 
  - from one regional culture to another (e.g., the color of death in some cultures is white).
  - from one person or group to another.