Essay on Color Blindness

Empiricus states that animals view objects differently based on the way they perceive them. The obvious differences between species indicate there is a difference in the way an object can make different impressions to humans and nonhumans. It is said that people with jaundice would see objects with a yellow tint, that those with normal eyesight would see in white. And also that a person with bloodshot eyes would see objects with a red tint. He further states that animals like and dislike difference things.

I am writing my critical reaction journal based on my readings in regards to a two writings titled, “Seeing More Than Black and White” by Elizabeth Martinez (1998) in “Race, Class, and Gender: An Anthology,” [edited by] Margaret L Andersen; Patricia Hill Collins, 2013, (8th Edition ed., pp. 85-90) and “Color-Blind Privilege” by Charles A. Gallagher (2003) in “Race, Class, and Gender: An Anthology,” [edited by] Margaret L Andersen; Patricia Hill Collins, 2013, (8th Edition ed., pp. 91-95).

The United States has many minority groups that face oppression. In the media today, most of the minority issues that are highlighted involve the LGBTQ community, women, and racial minorities. Differently-abled people are rarely given the space to share with the world how they see it. This literature review will discuss terms related to visual impairment, legislative measures taken in the United States to assist those with severe visual impairments, and the oppression and discrimination those who are visually impaired face.

Police departments across the country have come under scrutiny for racial bias in their stops and

First, those leaders who demonstrate a colorblind perspective do so in varied ways. The variation is characterized by a version of what Bonilla-Silva refers to as minimization. According to Bonilla-Silva, the issue of minimization is that while “whites and blacks believe discrimination is still a problem, they dispute its salience as a factor explaining blacks’ collective standing” (p. 91). Among these leaders, minimization occurs in two types of school settings – either school settings with small populations of students of color or diverse high-poverty settings. In these settings, race is constructed as a non-issue or as insignificant in comparison to poverty and therefore ignored.

Significance. Recent events in the U.S. society have made clear that issues of race remain a pertinent predicament that needs to be resolved. In fact, data collected from the 2011-2012 Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) on public and private school principals (NCES, 2016) revealed that 38% of the principals who took the survey reported racial tension between students taking place occasionally and another 2% reported that racial tension occurred frequently in their schools. In short, school leaders who continue to abide to colorblind ideology limit the potential for schools to become vehicles for the change our society needs.

When we think of racism, we think of the horrific past events in America. Most people consider racism to be a terminated concept, however it is far from the truth. With the resources provided to me in this class, I have learned that many veiled discriminatory practices are still embedded in our society today, causing minorities to be limited in opportunities that would have helped them live a successful life in America. I would like to shed some light on how minorities are currently being affected due to how our society is structured. First of all, the reading titled “Sociologists on the Colorblind Question” written by Elaine McArdle illuminates the idea of how our societies way of thinking that there is no prejudice towards people of color

White privilege, ignorance, and blindness are not valid reasons for minimizing racial oppression or social injustice. The reach of white privilege is extensive yet rarely recognized by white individuals. Most individuals are not aware of their white privilege or the subtle "accommodations" that are afforded white individuals not shared by African Americans. White privilege affords those of white identity all-inclusive membership privileges that insulate them from the historical, institutionalized rules long-favoring whites at the expense of black oppression. This privileged lens further perpetuates blindness of not seeing the advantages given to those unaffected regardless of status, character, or merit. Stories of “historically invisible sufferers” as they stand in solidarity must be given the platform to give their accounts. An analysis of white privilege reveals blindness to the moral responsibility of the effects of racism: authenticating the need of further exploring white privilege, opening dialogue, increasing awareness, and facilitating change.

According to the Oxford Dictionary, the definition of blind is “unable to see; sightless” (Definition of Blind in English, 2015). However, I do not like to be put in such a box. I define blindness as merely a heightening of other senses. What do you think of when you hear the word sight? More than likely you think of shapes, colors, and objects. My idea of sight consists of many senses; smell, touch, sounds, those are the things that I “see” with. How about the word blind; what do you think of then? The most common relation to the word blind is disabled; however, we are a very abled people. Even though I carry a cane among my person I get through my daily life just as any other able-bodied human being (Question 1).

Given historical context, colorblindness (ignoring race) is not the key to resolving the wealth gap. The achievement gap between whites and non-whites was created by institutional policies, government sanctioned policies that created an inherently unequal system, and only something of the like can undo that damage. This would require an understanding of the disadvantages and advantages of being identifiably a certain race. Society is led to believe that the civil rights movement ended inequality. On one hand, it did end inequality of opportunity. On the other hand, however, the damage already done, the underlying economic and social inequalities that were at this point firmly entrenched in society, went unaddressed. Equal opportunity, then,

In his article, “Why Millennials Can’t Afford to Be Colorblind” for the online edition of the Times, Victor Luckerson demonstrates how denying the existence of racism results in a country unable to discuss sensitive topics and progress. As a result of that, the public school systems, which there are 49.5 million students, are still segregated.

Colorblindness: Why it is wrong, and racist. Colorblindness is a term people use to express that they don’t see a persons skin color, race, ethnicity, etc. And many believe this is good and positive and could be an end to racism, but I’m here to tell you that being “colorblind” and not seeing race, is racist. ¾ young white Americans say that society would be better off if we didn’t acknowledge race.

not being able to see colors, and when examined more closely, you can see that quite a few

Introduction: The gene that codes for red-green color blindness, the most common form of color blindness in humans, is found on the X chromosome. One in 12 males is color blind. In females, however, color blindness affects only about 1 in 200. Why is

Based on the findings that one has discovered in life itself, in essence, color helps with the flows of life in a way that it can determines your thoughts, emotions, and decisions. In my research I gained a vast amount knowledge and from what I’ve learned; now I can explain colors in depth, with a great amount of detail. If colors were non-existent, then, there would be a very grey look upon life. Colors brings forth light, and the light brings forth living. The world displays colors for a reason and it’s very important to life.