Is being colorblind a form of racism?

Question

When someone told me this a few years back, I was kind of left confuse. However, I began to explore that statement and I find myself saying that being colorblind might be. You may not recognize someone's color, race, culture, or something when it comes to being friends, lovers, etc. However, I have friends who basically don't understand the struggles I go through because I'm biracial. Not only do they not understand, but also they don't want to understand. It seems like some people don't really listen to Black, Hispanic, Asian, Muslim, and Gay people or just anyone who is different about the struggles they have on day to day basis, yet some people claim this is because they are colorblind and just don't notice things like that. I don't know, maybe I'm not really making sense. Probably not. Anyway, what do all of you out there think of this? As you can probably tell, I'm having a hard time with this concept.
P.S. Please, no rude comments.

Well, after seeing the answers, I suppose no one really understands what I'm saying. I'm not saying that we all don't go through struggles, it's just that struggles our different. By being colorblind, are we blind to some of the injustices that are happening to people because the color of their skin, or their sexual orientation, or choice or religion? I'm not trying to convince anyone of this, I'm just wondering if this statement makes any sense to you. By the way, I do believe we need to talk about racism and we do need to "whine" about our struggles with discrimination, or this stuff will keep happening.

Answer 1

I'm a white male and am glad someone has finally posted a topic like this. You're on the right track; how can anyone know what you're feeling if they say they're colorblind? What they're really saying is that they have color-blinders on. It's not necessarily their fault as they've been taught, like we all have, that so long as bigotry is considered the racist stereotype, the other forms of structural and subversive racism might be allowed to continue. What I mean by non-bigoted racism, for example, are telling racist jokes, laughing at them, but saying in the end, the joke doesn't really mean anything. It does mean something, it means that the group allows humor to be defined in racially derogitory terms. Structural racism means that parents of minority families often end up paying more money in interest rates for home mortgages in a mostly white neighborhood; sometimes even higher in large urban population minority neighborhoods.
This is very insightful and I'd engourage you to take sociology classes in college. If that is too far off, go to your library and look up the author bell hooks (her first and last initials are not capitialized). She is considered one of the best in contemporary race talk. Also, look up the text book titled "The Meaning of Difference," This includes many excerpts involving early-stage interpretations of racism.
Congratulations, you're ready for the next step... of course, you'll have to decide what that next step will mean.

Answer 2

Not exactly; it's ever more prevalently a form of rebellion than sincere unbiased colorblindness. I DO understand the struggles of biracial children, a dear friend of mine is biracial and has confided to me his struggles with his life quite often that I feel sympathy for him.

And I know people involved in biracial relationships: all of them are in it for ALL the wrong reasons.

Answer 3

I've always been suspicious of people who claim to be "colorblind" or that they "don't see anyone's skin color." I think they think that it's noble to say they are colorblind, but it's not really. I think what they are really saying is that other people's differences make them uncomfortable. By saying they are colorblind, they can pretend that others' differences don't exist. They don't have to acknowledge the differences or the problems that others' face. I think it would be more honest and genuine to acknowledge that we are different and that some of us have very different experiences.

Answer 4

on no account. i think of its an attempt to communicate the certainty in regards to the unfavourable life sort options decrease earnings persons make. verify out the learn. definite, wealthy and center type human beings additionally make undesirable life-sort judgements, yet there's a drastic develop the decrease you circulate on the earnings point. that's named a correlation. As one variable will develop or decreases, it has an result on yet another variable which additionally will develop or decreases. Granted, greater advantageous learn would must be performed to work out the unquestionably influence of one on yet another, yet initially that's hassle-free to work out. If there is one occasion this is making an attempt to seperate races and classes, it somewhat is the democrat occasion and the President. he's waging type conflict on the wealthy and supposedly assisting the undesirable. the situation is, the wealthy human beings are those with the jobs who hire those center type and decrease type electorate. in case you enhance the taxes on people who supply jobs, they're needless to say going to shrink back the type of jobs presented to offset the better taxes. Its hassle-free somewhat. i think of the two events take income of decrease type electorate, yet are racist for the time of all cultural strains and religions. To the politicians, its basically some million ingredient, being re-elected.

Answer 5

That's totally true! I also think ppl who try to act like another race, and date that race exclusively are racist as well, to the race they are trying to emulate. Most ppl don't realize it, but it's true.

ps- I think someone just gave an ignorant answer and proved your point! lol

Answer 6

people need to quit worrying about race, there is much much more important things going on in the world, we all evolved from the same thing.

quit whining about your struggles, we all have struggles, they may not all be about race but im not whining about the millions of thing i have to worry about, just take what people say with a grain of salt and move on.

Answer 7

eventually the human race will be one mixed race

Answer 8

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