Dear “Colorblind” people,

[MrScorpio]

17. Check this out:

In a study that examined the associations between responses to racial theme party images on social networking sites and a color-blind racial ideology, Brendesha Tynes, a professor of educational psychology and of African American studies at Illinois, discovered that white students and those who rated highly in color-blind racial attitudes were more likely not to be offended by images from racially themed parties at which attendees dressed and acted as caricatures of racial stereotypes (for example, photos of students dressed in blackface make-up attending a “gangsta party” to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day).

“People who reported higher racial color-blind attitudes were more likely to be white, and more likely to condone or not be bothered by racial-theme party images,” Tynes said. “In fact, some even encouraged the photos by adding comments of their own such as ‘Where’s the Colt 45?’ or ‘Party like a rock star.’ ”

So the answer to your question is "Yes"… By not recognizing one's own or someone else's racism or racist language and deeds, it is a form of racism in itself. This is the problem that comes with people who deny that certain things as actually racist when they blatantly are. The same goes for false equivalencies that seek to justify racist attitudes by the carriers.