Racial Colorblindness is still racism. Kamala Harris, like anyone mixed race or nonwhite, has had a measurably different experience living in America than her white peers.
Fixating on her race the way Trump and Republicans are doing is absolutely racist.
But hand waving her racial identity away like it is irrelevant is also quite a racist thing to do.
When you say something like “I don’t see color” or “I don’t see race”, you’re actively dismissing an immutable part of a person’s identity, which is insulting. You can acknowledge and appreciate someone’s race without treating them differently because of it.
Racial Colorblindness is still racism. Kamala Harris, like anyone mixed race or nonwhite, has had a measurably different experience living in America than her white peers.
Fixating on her race the way Trump and Republicans are doing is absolutely racist.
But hand waving her racial identity away like it is irrelevant is also quite a racist thing to do.
What the hell does “racial colorblindness is still racism” mean?
When you say something like “I don’t see color” or “I don’t see race”, you’re actively dismissing an immutable part of a person’s identity, which is insulting. You can acknowledge and appreciate someone’s race without treating them differently because of it.
No that’s ridiculous. Not seeing something is in No Way actively doing anything. It is by definition passive.