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In reply to the discussion: Colorblind Ideology is a Form of Racism [View all]kwassa
(23,340 posts)143. If you have nothing to say, why say anything at all?
Colourblindness has nothing to do with denying that other people treat people differently on account of their race, just about not doing so oneself. And not treating differently on account of their race does not preclude treating them differently on account of how other people have treated them
Colourblindness has nothing to do with being blind to people of colour, that's just silly wordplay.
Colourblindness has not made race into a taboo subject, that's just mythology]
A large number of people on this thread disagree with you. I don't know of any African-American poster on this thread that agrees with you.
It isn't just silly wordplay.
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Teaching them not to be racist isn't the same thing as teaching them to be color-blind.
nomorenomore08
Jul 2013
#4
Exactly. That is the entire problem with "color-blindness" in a nutshell.
nomorenomore08
Jul 2013
#5
Colorblindness is a philosophy grounded in naive optimism for an America that does not exist
LostOne4Ever
Jul 2013
#11
Exactly. When people say they want "a color-blind society" they usually mean *on their terms*
nomorenomore08
Jul 2013
#34
He dreamed of a FUTURE where people would be judged on the content of their character
LostOne4Ever
Jul 2013
#54
How can we aspire to something that we're asked to consider racist today?
lumberjack_jeff
Jul 2013
#108
Everyone would love a colorblind society- but selfish, foolish libertarian types think
bettyellen
Jul 2013
#146
If they think that if their color-blind actions will create reality... how is that racist?
lumberjack_jeff
Jul 2013
#150
Because they are basically pretending that their inaction helps, and so, hindering progress.
bettyellen
Jul 2013
#151
Misreading the Dream: Color-Blindness and the Distortion of Martin Luther King Jr.
gollygee
Jul 2013
#67
I agree, and suggesting that those who see people through a color blind lens
Puzzledtraveller
Jul 2013
#71
(1) All popular notions of race are vacuous from a scientific PoV; (2) these notions have arisen
struggle4progress
Jul 2013
#19
But whatever you call it - "bigotry" or anything else - ignoring it won't make it go away.
nomorenomore08
Jul 2013
#35
But how can you deal with racism if you refuse to discuss "race" at all?
nomorenomore08
Jul 2013
#42
Seems to me "bigotry" is the general category and "racism" is a specific manifestation.
nomorenomore08
Jul 2013
#49
Rec. You would have done better to post this in one of the minority forums here
Number23
Jul 2013
#32
I don't know... I think there have been some quite good responses on this thread.
nomorenomore08
Jul 2013
#37
I disagree, you can believe race is a factor while not personally allowing it to be a factor for you
Kurska
Jul 2013
#47
Well that would be patronizing as hell, so good thing no one actually said that. n/t
gollygee
Jul 2013
#74
OK, call me niave, but what is it about the perms that's specific to black women?
Humanist_Activist
Jul 2013
#115
Oh, ok, I knew about the segregated AA hair products, its just that most...
Humanist_Activist
Jul 2013
#121
There's nothing wrong with acknowledging differences, but to avoid embarrassment...
Humanist_Activist
Jul 2013
#123
Also, and I'll be completely honest here, I spend like 10 bucks, maybe 15, every few months...
Humanist_Activist
Jul 2013
#125
Saying things that are self-evidently nonsense is a good way to attract posters, but silly even so.
Donald Ian Rankin
Jul 2013
#75
It's hard for me to respond to content-free snark with anything other than content-free snark.
Donald Ian Rankin
Jul 2013
#81
I'm confused because I don't understand what differences are supposed to be highlighted...
Humanist_Activist
Jul 2013
#83
Race is a cultural construct, that is true, but being a particular race, or percieved...
Humanist_Activist
Jul 2013
#95
Colbert's parody is funny if you take it literally, like he does, for the sake of comedy...
Humanist_Activist
Jul 2013
#105
True, but that doesn't mean the ones associated with race make any less of a contribution
BainsBane
Jul 2013
#111
That's not what I'm talking about, I'm talking about assumptions, based on perceptions of race...
Humanist_Activist
Jul 2013
#119
I certainly see that people are different, superficially, but I certainly don't make assumptions...
Humanist_Activist
Jul 2013
#106
I suspect that the people lecturing the most over this pretty much only know white people,
Nye Bevan
Jul 2013
#91
I found the article and thread annoying as well, having multiracial children in my extended...
Humanist_Activist
Jul 2013
#90
Making assumptions about people's experiences based upon their physical appearance,
Nye Bevan
Jul 2013
#134