tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316191265933534655.post8633972851992156228..comments2024-02-27T00:41:15.985-06:00Comments on AdoptionTalk: Colorblind Parenting More Harmful Than Helpfulmalindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06233439015219192874noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316191265933534655.post-15063452781678286292011-04-11T08:33:23.527-05:002011-04-11T08:33:23.527-05:00White parents of non-white children only set their...White parents of non-white children only set their children up for a world of hurt and confusion if they teach them to be 'color blind.'Reenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07119020258638171080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316191265933534655.post-46306344156931551792011-04-11T08:31:39.538-05:002011-04-11T08:31:39.538-05:00Only white people make comments about "being ...Only white people make comments about "being colorblind." I think it is a holdover from back in the early day of the civil rights movement.<br /><br />White people CAN BE colorblind. We can choose to not let the color of one's skin influence our judgement about the person and we are largely not effected by other people's judgement of us based on skin color.<br /><br />People of color, however, cannot be colorblind because, unfortunately, There are people in the world who will and do make jusgements about a person based upon the color of their skin.Reenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07119020258638171080noreply@blogger.com