Today, in the most recent 2000s, blind is more variantly used in ways such as slang or a metaphorical message as the society became multiplex. Nowadays, the word deals with two broad definitions: the loss of sight and lack of knowledge. In this respect, the first definition of the word may be more offensive to those who actually have the physical deficiency. For people who don’t have vision or is visually impaired, blindness does not mean complete darkness. While people often misunderstand it as such, those “who can see only light and dark,” “who can see shapes and perhaps colors,” and “who retain some peripheral vision” may dislike being called “blind” because it means something different (Buchanan). They might actually prefer being called “partially sighted” or “visually blind.” In another sense, those who view blindness as a characteristic instead of an impairment might prefer the word. Blindness is a characteristic and all characteristics are limitations, just like age, poverty, or ignorance (Jernigan). In this respect, both sighted and non-sighted people who perceive blindness to be just another limitation that everyone possesses or who don’t experience difficulty with visual deficiency will be more partial to the concept. In other words, they won’t necessarily view it as derogatory. In America where divergent races, experiences, and statuses boom, blind predominantly means more than physical impairment. Therefore, since the society is rather open-minded, blindness is largely viewed as a color that one wears, not a defect. For example, a blind wouldn’t be treated from people as someone who is different, but rather a feature of that person.