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Colorblindness Promotes Ignorance

Colorblindness. When many people hear this term, they think of it in a red-blue colorblindness context. Most may not even know the racial definition of this term. Racial colorblindness is belief that racism is no longer a problem and that we all have equal opportunities. Many people who practice this will say that they "do not see color", this is why it is called colorblindness. Although it may seem like this could work, this ideology is counterproductive and shouldn't be practiced. Ignoring someone's race isn't right and promotes ignorance. Instead, people should view all colors and celebrate diversity and integration of colors. Talking about these racial topics made me think of another racial topic that has been trending in the past year. Affirmative action. Affirmative action is the practice or policy of favoring individuals belonging to groups known to have been discriminated against previously. This has been considered to be added into the college admissions process. Coming from a diverse and for the most part well off society, I don't know how to feel about affirmative action. I understand that some communities may not have the same resources available to them as others, but if there are two kids from the same society with equal opportunity and the only difference is one of the kids is of color the kid of color shouldn't be admitted solely based off of his race and its history. Giving kids that come from poorer communities benefits because they do not have the same access to resources and less opportunities makes sense, but giving people benefits just based off their race is wrong. This could be viewed as "reverse racism" in some perspectives. 

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  1. Marz AhmadNovember 24, 2019 at 1:54 PM

    You did a beautiful job on this post Kyle. On one hand, there is the good thoughts associated with colorblindness but on the other, you showed that it is overall a negative action. Ultimately, we must truly embrace the different cultures. Really sad to think that people do not want to see race because then they are forgetting that when race is distinguished, we see very new and informative cultures. Actually, we must fight this colorblindness because it is not the right answer to racism. Part of the problem today in politics may be this inability to recognize that different races have a different lifestyle in today's society. I really liked this blog Kyle. Silence with race just causes more problems. To end racism, we must recognize that race IS a thing, but we can't discriminate against it.

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