Olivia and Raven share their thoughts on, and experiences regarding color blindness, intentional and unintentional racism, and they dive into why ignoring race is not a solution to racial discrimination.

Discussion Summary:

00:33: What is racial color blindness, and how does it perpetuate discrimination?

04:52: How color blindness works against inclusivity.

10:57: Ignoring the role racial discrimination plays in other people’s lives, and the attitude that talking about racial issues and differences is racist.

16:51: People believing racism is a thing of the past, and examples of present-day racism.

23:07: Color blindness as a defense mechanism.

25:35: Applying the intent behind racial color blindness to other cultural identities and forms of discrimination, and the double standard with openly identifying as black versus other racial and ethnic identities.

30:47: Whether or not labels unite us.

33:23: Not giving black people’s stories space because of color blindness, and the issue with people being under-educated about black and African history.

41:35: The issue some people have with black history courses.

42:57: Acknowledging color is part of changing how color is weaponized.

44:49: Outro.

References:

Color-Blindness Is Counterproductive

Colorblindness: the New Racism?

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Music credits: Opening: Goestories - Noir Et Blanc Vie

Closing: First Class - DJ Williams