Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Incapable of perceiving certain colors. See
colorblindness . - noun One who is incapable of accurately distinguishing colors, or certain colors; such persons collectively.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Affected with color blindness. See Color blindness, under
color , n.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of a person or animal, unable to distinguish between two or more primary colors (usually red and green).
- adjective Of a person who hold no prejudice based on skin color, or of a process which precludes racial prejudice.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective unable to distinguish one or more chromatic colors
- adjective unprejudiced about race
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Examples
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So-called "color-blind" policies have come under fire for ignoring the structural inequalities that help determine relative rates of success.
Mira Sucharov: Judaic Change And Recognizing Gay Difference Mira Sucharov 2011
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So-called "color-blind" policies have come under fire for ignoring the structural inequalities that help determine relative rates of success.
Mira Sucharov: Judaic Change And Recognizing Gay Difference Mira Sucharov 2011
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The CRA merely forced banks to stop discriminating solely on race and make their mortgage application qualifications color-blind.
Think Progress » DOJ official reportedly clears torture architects John Yoo and Jay Bybee. 2010
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In our day, when knowledge of the past is spotty, the film may well teach audiences while moving them to tears with its inspirational tale of color-blind sisterhood and courage in the face of bigotry.
'The Help': '60s Racism in Black and White Joe Morgenstern 2011
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Seeking a perfect opportunity to twist those words around into a faux color-blind ideology, they have used them to constantly suggest that those who raise a cry against injustice and institutional racism reject the legacy of MLK.
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See, what color-blind ideology has done is reduce and trivialize the cry for justice and fighting back against institutional racism into a cry for help and a handout, thus reducing a people who are not afraid of standing up to them to infants as if they needed their help of their allies.
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That image just * screams* “colored by stereotypically color-blind B&W artist”.
Yens 2010
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The disparate-impact approach encourages race-based decision-making, which is flatly at odds with the color-blind ideals of the civil-rights movement and the laws for which it fought.
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Anthony Ryan is color-blind, and is a survivor of testicular cancer.
Holly Cara Price: Rubbernecking Recap: Project Runway Season 9 Premiere, "Come as You Are" Holly Cara Price 2011
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You most likely talk about “color-blind ideology” but you ignore how institutional racism encourages this rhetoric because it provides the illusion that we are past racism and that everyone has equal opportunity whether it comes to employment, voting, etc.
Think Progress » KKK has ‘reversed declining membership’ in recent years. 2010
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