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[–]Masc4mascara 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

Race is a real social construct that has real impacts on people's lives. IF you are "colorblind", you're just ignoring the profound impact that racism has on people of color.

[–]Zapped 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

This is racial profiling, so with this line of thinking, it makes sense for the police to pull over a black driver in a white neighborhood. When I was young, kids were taught that color/race/ethnicity didn't matter when cam to who a person was. This narrative has been flipped over the past 10 years. I have younger biracial relatives and they are being taught that they are special not because of their character, but because of their skin color. They feel like it's waste of time to try because they will always be the victim.

[–]Masc4mascara 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

This assumes that racism is always intentional and never accidental or subconscious. In being "color-blind", we ignore the accidental or unintentional racism.

[–]Zapped 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That sounds like projection.

[–]whistlepig 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

and by ignoring it... you're not adding to the problem .. if everyone ignored it... there would be no problem.. by not ignoring it, you are adding to the problem... because that is what racists do. It really doesn't matter if the racist is well intentioned or not.

[–]Masc4mascara 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Unless people are accidentially racist.