Color Blind Society Colorblindness is a sociological term for the disregard of racial characteristics when selecting which individuals will participate in some activity or receive some service. Color-blind refers to racial ideology that posits the best way to end discrimination, is by treating individuals as equally as possible without regard to race, culture, or ethnicity. Some scholars claim that emphasis on a color-blind society is an answer to racism and inequality. Ward Connerly, the American political activist, sees that in order to achieve racial equality, Americans need to move forward and stop using racial preferences to make up for past injustices, and affirmative-action. Government should stop assigning people to categories
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Connerly, argues that color-bind is the substantial solution to end racism and achieve equality in any society. He supports his argument by demonstrating the American government history and how it began to treat people differently based on their race. In the beginning, government started protecting the international slaves, which was done by applying the constitutions’ promises to give all people the right to be equal. Then, they shifted and saw the slaves as “less than human,” so they discriminated them based on their skin colors. This established various race classifications that separated transportation, water fountains, neighborhood and other activities. The colored people were segregated from the American society.
On the other hand, professor Bonilla strongly argues that color-blind is racism and sees the “new racism,” is institutional, and nonracial mechanisms. He also explains his idea that Civil Rights helped remove much of the obstructs of people of color, and let them be electoral participants. He believes race inequity is the most important. “He argues that we do not live in a post-racial society, despite the election and re-election of President Obama.” He considers race inequity is the response on the white people who said there is no race; black people need to work hard instead of
Connerly, argues that color-bind is the substantial solution to end racism and achieve equality in any society. He supports his argument by demonstrating the American government history and how it began to treat people differently based on their race. In the beginning, government started protecting the international slaves, which was done by applying the constitutions’ promises to give all people the right to be equal. Then, they shifted and saw the slaves as “less than human,” so they discriminated them based on their skin colors. This established various race classifications that separated transportation, water fountains, neighborhood and other activities. The colored people were segregated from the American society.
On the other hand, professor Bonilla strongly argues that color-blind is racism and sees the “new racism,” is institutional, and nonracial mechanisms. He also explains his idea that Civil Rights helped remove much of the obstructs of people of color, and let them be electoral participants. He believes race inequity is the most important. “He argues that we do not live in a post-racial society, despite the election and re-election of President Obama.” He considers race inequity is the response on the white people who said there is no race; black people need to work hard instead of