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Rhiannon12866

(258,847 posts)
Tue Jul 4, 2023, 02:45 AM Jul 2023

Naive emphasis on 'colorblindness' ignores racial reality in U.S. - All In - MSNBC



Ibram X. Kendi, founding director of The Center for Antiracist Research at Boston University, talks about the recurrence of a "separate but equal" perspective in new insistence by the Supreme Court and conservatives that "race neutral" policies result in equitable outcomes. Guest host Symone. - Aired on 07/03/2023.


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Naive emphasis on 'colorblindness' ignores racial reality in U.S. - All In - MSNBC (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Jul 2023 OP
If you are a person of color and soldierant Jul 2023 #1
Very well said! Rhiannon12866 Jul 2023 #2

soldierant

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1. If you are a person of color and
Tue Jul 4, 2023, 09:53 AM
Jul 2023

someone tells you they are "color blind" - it means that they don't see you.

At all.

I think "naïve" is throwing roses at it.

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