tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316191265933534655.post8023984079998359730..comments2024-02-27T00:41:15.985-06:00Comments on AdoptionTalk: In Blind Pursuit of Racial Equalitymalindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06233439015219192874noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316191265933534655.post-75233813450422279922010-09-29T10:10:19.827-05:002010-09-29T10:10:19.827-05:00As a person of color and an immigrant to the US......As a person of color and an immigrant to the US...<br /><br />Color blindness is not the new racism. That's actually old racism from the prior generaton. Reverse racism is the new racism for the 21st century.<br /><br />Color blindness is an ideological perjorative used commonly in discussion today (by both left and right) to talk around the fact that racism still thrives and flourishes in the US. Particularly within the older conservative segments of the population. <br /><br />Color blindenss today is not real, it's just that people are afraid to be called out as racist for their thoughts or actions so it is used as a veil of sorts for the framework of discussion. <br /><br />Color blindness one day will be real and will be genuine, when we as a world have moved beyond highlighting persistently in the conflict model "us and them" (ie: differences designed to segregate rather then bring together people from many backgrounds, as equals). <br /><br />The US is just as racist today as it was 30 years or 50 years ago. In some cases, even more so (read: Muslims). <br /><br />White people talking about color blindness, or racism is hypocrisy. Serious Hypocrisy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316191265933534655.post-60149748288279230132010-09-28T17:27:27.166-05:002010-09-28T17:27:27.166-05:00How very white liberal!Damaging and dangerous.How very white liberal!Damaging and dangerous.Vonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17421069895155350144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316191265933534655.post-59359996955716361402010-09-28T16:05:08.289-05:002010-09-28T16:05:08.289-05:00I read somewhere that colorblindness is the new, m...I read somewhere that colorblindness is the new, modern racism. It's a priviledge for someone to be able to say "race doesn't matter." Perhaps it has never mattered to them because they've never been discriminated against. But for ethnic and racial minorities who are discriminated against, it does matter.<br /><br />Colorblindness insinuates that there is something wrong with being of a different race or ethnicity that you are just so gracious for being able to be "blind" to it.<br /><br />Race and diversity are beautiful. I'm gladly not blind to it. I embrace everyone around me as equal and am thankful when they do the same for me.The Declassified Adopteehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16726376584015902627noreply@blogger.com