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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]   All -- 
         Seeking a color blind society never meant denying people have different types of pigment in their skin, it meant reaching a point where people would not treat one another differently because of the color of their skin.

It never meant denying that people of different hues had different backgrounds and cultures, but it meant we should strive for a point where those differences were not the dominant way people -- whatever their skin tone -- are  identified by others (or by themselves) in their public participation in society.  Our history obviously made this a steeper climb with African Americans as did the fact if you are black in a room of white people that is noticed, but the notion of a color blind society is to make their contemporary experience similar to that of voluntary immigrants who arrived as outsiders, faced discrimination but ultimately were able to largely assimilate into public life, while maintaining their different traditions and cultures at home.

I read the link someone posted on why you should not talk about a color blind society.  Nothing in that short article even addressed the issues discussed above.

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I think the main problem with colorblindness is not the above- which I think would be ideal. It is that most people who claim to be colorblind are not actually colorblind in practice, so it is harmful for children of color, especially black children, to be told to believe that the world is colorblind, only to grow up to see that most people consciously or subconsciously judge you in part or whole based on your race.    Real colorblindness takes a lot of work, more than just a declaration.[/quote]

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