Colorblind? - Part 2

What does it mean to be racially "colorblind?" Is it possible? If it was, would we even want to be "colorblind?" In "Colorblind?," advocates and opponents of Proposition 54, a former California state ballot measure, discuss their views on the benefit of collecting racial data as well as deeper issues about the meaning of racial inequality and racial identity in contemporary American society.

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Film & Animation

Tags:

• race
• identity
• social
• justice
• connerly

[PrezAlex]

People observe race through more than just physical sighted characteristics, though that is probably the most used factor in determining someone else's "race". (Others' determination helps inform how they treat each other, which is what I would say leads to discrimination, et al.) One's name, voice, linguistics have been observed to also play a role in others' observations of race. (EX: Having a non-European name can hurt during the employment process)

[ReaganD]

Why is it that the folks who speak on the topci of racism use sighted terms to understand it? I personally think it is more about social structures having evolved into what they are now instead of seeing as a physical skin color problem. It matters I suppose if you are not low sighted like myself.