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- noun Alternative spelling of
colorblindness .
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Examples
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We distance ourselves from it, become aversive in our mannerisms and congratulate ourselves on our colourblindness.
“deviant behaviour” and bullying. « Love | Peace | Ohana 2009
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In fact, few norms serve to better perpetuate racism than ‘compulsory colourblindness’.
The Red House Commercial: Public Discussion About Race » Sociological Images 2009
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Fox News in the link seems to have perfectly articulated this cherished veneer of colourblindness, and on what it is based.
Racism 2.0 Anxious Black Woman 2008
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In short, what champions of colourblindness are really asking for is that we turn a blind eye to history.
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"Champions of colourblindness are really asking for (us) to turn a blind eye to history."
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This leads to the hoary idea of colourblindness, a concept that has died a thousand deaths only to be revived again, lunging upwards from the grave.
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Another easy trap is to wonder whether the answer to the problem of race which although crystallized in the South African Apartheid, is a problem faced in every society is, colourblindness.
Byrnesys Blabberings 2008
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But then at an inarticulate level colourblindness is also entirely racist because it slowly incorporates non-whites into a culture that has white-bias built into it from the beginning.
Byrnesys Blabberings 2008
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But the problem is that colourblindness denies so much to gain so little.
Byrnesys Blabberings 2008
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On the one hand, sure, great conversation piece — but on the other I’m really not sure I like the happy-go-lucky language, which in my experience means that the focus is more on colourblindness than recognising things like institutional racism and white privilege, etc. Bloggage
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