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- noun The state of being
colorblind .
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Examples
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But that history sheds some degree of doubt on whether colorblindness is the operative meaning of the 14th amendment's section one, at least as originally understood by its framers.
Balkinization 2004
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First, "colorblindness" is a provisional principle of equality, it is not equality itself.
Balkinization 2003
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First, "colorblindness" is a provisional principle of equality, it is not equality itself.
Balkinization 2003
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Red-green colorblindness is called "daltonisme" (daltonism in English), and they all come from the name of English physicist John Dalton, who studied and described the condition at the end of the 18th century.
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You make one good point â colorblindness is possibly an answer to racism.
The Volokh Conspiracy » 1. Science, Faith, and Not Ruling Out Possibilities 2010
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Outside of your screed on liberal politics, however, your rush to colorblindness is somewhat circuitous due to: 1. a history of white supremacy and 2. statements like this student that, at least to me, can be read as an endorsement of group decision-making and a presumption of deficiency by those who make decisions as to the allocation of resources, jobs, justice and wealth.
The Volokh Conspiracy » 1. Science, Faith, and Not Ruling Out Possibilities 2010
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S ometime quite recently, I heard a very funny joke about colorblindness from the Colbert Report.
Is That Legal?: Are You Better At Remembering Jokes Than I Am? 2006
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S ometime quite recently, I heard a very funny joke about colorblindness from the Colbert Report.
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"People think this sort of colorblindness is a kind of progress, but I see it as more pernicious than that," says Tyrone Forman, an associate professor of African-American studies and sociology at the University of Illinois-Chicago.
USATODAY.com - New generation doesn't blink at interracial relationships 2006
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S ometime quite recently, I heard a very funny joke about colorblindness from the Colbert Report.
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