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Title: Interesting article on how "color blindness" is a form of racism
Post by: Pono Aloha on July 06, 2012, 06:56:00 pm

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/colorblind/201112/colorblind-ideology-is-form-racism

Title: Re: Interesting article on how "color blindness" is a form of racism
Post by: Defend the Sacred on July 06, 2012, 07:47:28 pm

Like "I'm color blind!", another weird defense that pale people use to deflect discussions of race is to accuse POC of "Reverse Racism." I liked this treatment of the topic:

How To Be A Reverse-Racist: An Actual Step by Step List For Oppressing White People
http://www.peopleofcolororganize.com/analysis/opinion/reverseracist-actual-step-step-list-oppressing-white-people

Title: Re: Interesting article on how "color blindness" is a form of racism
Post by: snail on July 22, 2012, 08:26:09 pm

Reminds me of an article I read about how white people are afraid to even discuss race, for fear that we'll come across as racist just for doing so.  Basically, history/popular culture only gives us negative examples of how to talk about race, so people choose to clam up instead.  However, research shows that people who do this are perceived as unfriendly and prejudiced anyway, so it backfires.