Racism: ‘seeing no colours’

An emphasis on so-called “colour-blindness and common connection between members of different groups can improve intergroup attitudes but reinforce hierarchical relations between groups, which benefit Whites.” Colour-blindness is actually form of subtle racism that undermines “motivation for action toward equality.”

Well-meaning interventions can create “a veneer of tolerance while deflecting attention away from unfair treatment among members of both dominant and disadvantaged groups. Addressing racial inequalities at both the societal- and individual-levels requires being race conscious, not colour-blind, to recognize racial disparities and to understand their basis in unfair treatment.”