Deuteronomaly: The Effects Of Color Blindness

“Perhaps only in a world of the blind will things be what they truly are” (Saramago 114) quoted a doctor struck with the disease called the white blindness. This quote demonstrates how when the whole world is blind, humanity will be able to see each other for what they really are. Blindness, by Jose Saramago, describes the journey of 7 unlucky people in a world gone blind by a milky white sea. Led by the doctor’s wife-whose eyesight remains-, they struggle to fit into society where race, gender, religion, and class are no longer applicable. When humanity is equal and can no longer see the differences among them, the true leaders of society are able to rise. Saramago shows the genuine power and role of women in a patriarchal society where sight no longer exists by flipping the gender roles.

When trying to understand the concept of color blindness we first need to understand what the term means. It is a set of beliefs in which white individuals judge non-white individuals as if they were treated equally ignoring past racism (Scott p. 77). Individuals who use color blindness do so through four central frames usually used together. The four frames are abstract liberalism, naturalization, cultural racism, and minimization of racism. To understand how the four frames are sometimes used together we need to understand their meaning.

I’ve come to understand why having access to institutions or facilities that can provide adequate sight and vision treatments is necessary. Being in America we’re blinded by an abundance of luxuries. We take the small things in life for granted and feel as if they should be handed to us with a silver spoon. What about the child in India who doesn’t have the opportunity to visit care centers to examine his or her eyes? What about the homeless and orphan children in Russia that can’t afford to see a doctor about their blurred vision? Who’s going to help out the child of the native lands that lives too far from the nearest medical care clinic but just severely injured his or her eye? All of these things are real life situations and real life problems that less developed countries face as they struggle to obtain funding or even educators who can routinely and professionally provide the necessary

Colorblindness is a defect in the perception of colors, caused by a deficiency in specialized cells in the retina that are sensitive to different colors. The term is often used today during political discourse, often by members of some factions of liberalism, when claiming that one’s race should be irrelevant to any decision making process. It is a form of moral posturing; that one should see an individual as simply an individual, but not as part of any larger group or culture. As if this philosophy will enable us to bridge any gaps between races, this thought attempts to focus on how we are all the same, rather than how we differ. Teachers and administrators are required to complete coursework pertaining to multicultural education

Delgado, Stefancic, and Liendo (2012) discuss the term colorblind as a representation of this concept of ordinariness as related to the critical race theory. Colorblindness is a suggestion that one does not see the color of another’s skin. This concept of not being able to see another’s color, would also suggest the one does not see the persons struggles as the relate to race and inequality. Suggesting that one does not see race also suggest that one thinks that we are all treated equally and no changes are required to even at the field for all races. If you cannot see race, you cannot see racial discrimination. The issue of colorblindness enables casting director to cast whites in the roles that are written for ethnic minorities. Martin Luther King’s statement above implies that in such cases minorities have to remove the vail of colorblindness. When colorblindness is used to continue to oppress, it

A popular notion says a child is born “color-blind” and remains color-blind until they reach adolescence. The problem with this concept is that people believe it to be a positive idea. However, it actually presents a damaging ideology – it suggests that race should not be a factor when trying to determine the type of person an individual is. I see it as an unsophisticated approach to view people because race is a vital part of our existence. Race is an attribute that makes individuals differ from one another, and the problem is not the differences in the colors of our skin. The problem is that we attempt to detach ourselves from the reality of being racially different. Racism will seem to inevitably exist, and in order to even try to end the malice, parents should begin teaching children about racism the right way.

colorblind practices can be inequitable. I then draw on normative principles from social theory to defend

When discussing race, having the right intention is not nearly enough to ensure progress in racial tensions; as such, only positive, tangible action can be the catalyst for change in race discourse. This general rule can help when looking at the concept of colorblindness as a supposedly well-meaning myth, which realistically only serves to continue racist attitudes and systems. Using a critical lens to determine the harm caused by colorblindness can diminish the impact and eventually eradicate a source of racist microagressions. Patricia Williams explores the inherently harmful idea of colorblindness in her book Seeing a Colorblind Future: The Paradox of Race, through exemplary anecdotal evidence. This paper aims to analyze one such anecdote to fully explain the pervasive and malicious way colorblindness is employed in everyday life.

Color-blindness, meaning no more preferences, had a wide range of views from these authors. Connerly, author of “What Happened to Post-Racial America?”, is for this idea of color-blindness. Connerly mentions, near the end of his article, “he [president Obama] should urge Americans to embrace the color blind vision of John F Kennedy who said that ‘race has no place in American life or law”. He states “The longer we allow preferences to endure in the guise of diversity, the more damage will be done to the nation” on page 180, showing his disbelief in that the continuous judgement based on race will have a positive outcome. By stating “Blacks are on our courts, including the highest court in the land, blacks are mayors of major cities and heads of American corporations”, we can see that Connerly feels that since there are already blacks in higher positions similar to those whites are in, we no longer need to pay attention to color.

I agree that color-blindness perpetuates, produces, and subverts ideas of race that shape the relationships between race and place at the local level because it undermines and justifies racial segregation. As stated by Reynolds, “It is a very practical problem that is creating increasingly serious problems for most American cities – problems like racial tension, slums and difficulties for urban renewal” (Los Angeles Sentinel, Sept 22, 1960). As stated, that housing was one of the major civil rights issues it is because the notion of whiteness and property perpetuates

What does color blindness refer to? What are some of the most appealing elements of this ideology?

As of now I am colorblind; I see the world in black and white. I am waiting for the day that I finally experience the explosion of color that the world is. From La Tomatina, an annual tomato fight in Valencian, Spain to more disturbing traditions like the “Mourning of Muharram” where Shia Muslims attach knives to whips and beat

You ignore that racism is present in today’s society. There is a reason why mainly white people say they are colorblind. Less than ⅓ of young white Americans have said that they’ve spoken about racial issues with their families. Today, white people are very close on what they say, to the point of believing that seeing color, is racist. Color consciousness

Our society have been longed plagued by the question, are we able to achieve a "Color Blind Society." There are a number of factors which may contribute to the breakdown of this idea in question. While it may be simply addressing issues of equality among minorities it also raises the concerns of the non-minorities not to address racism and oppression. For a minority or anyone for that matter to state that we can and should have a color-blind society is ignoring the reality of racial existence and ignorance.

Couple 3 comes into your office. The husband is color blind; the wife is heterozygous for the color-blindness allele.