Comments on: Is colorblindness or multiculturalism better? http://escapingbabylon.com/?p=1014 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:53:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Ariah Fine http://escapingbabylon.com/?p=1014#comment-305 Ariah Fine Tue, 21 Apr 2009 02:52:38 +0000 http://escapingbabylon.com/?p=1014#comment-305 right on Richard. I commented on that post at the Reconciliation Blog and if you read through the comments I think you come across examples of the very problem your talking about. Denying or being 'blind' to color and ethnicity simply lets the dominate culture take precedent and be 'normal' which has dangerous and very negative implications. Thanks for sharing. right on Richard. I commented on that post at the Reconciliation Blog and if you read through the comments I think you come across examples of the very problem your talking about.
Denying or being ‘blind’ to color and ethnicity simply lets the dominate culture take precedent and be ‘normal’ which has dangerous and very negative implications.

Thanks for sharing.

]]> By: Richard http://escapingbabylon.com/?p=1014#comment-304 Richard Wed, 08 Apr 2009 23:03:43 +0000 http://escapingbabylon.com/?p=1014#comment-304 <blockquote>Seeing people as individuals does not mean necessarily being colorblind. It means, look at the individual, maybe judge based on character, and accept the individual’s culture.</blockquote> I agree that seeing people as individuals is not equal to being colorblind. I think the concept of colorblindness the writer is talking about is exemplified in the phrase "I don't really see you as [insert ethnicity here] I just see you as a person" Personally, I don't think that's a good approach. Instead I would advocate that people aim for an approach where they see someone as a person with their ethnicity and culture(and whatever that means for them) intact.

Seeing people as individuals does not mean necessarily being colorblind. It means, look at the individual, maybe judge based on character, and accept the individual’s culture.

I agree that seeing people as individuals is not equal to being colorblind. I think the concept of colorblindness the writer is talking about is exemplified in the phrase “I don’t really see you as [insert ethnicity here] I just see you as a person”

Personally, I don’t think that’s a good approach. Instead I would advocate that people aim for an approach where they see someone as a person with their ethnicity and culture(and whatever that means for them) intact.

]]> By: Asif http://escapingbabylon.com/?p=1014#comment-303 Asif Wed, 08 Apr 2009 04:15:13 +0000 http://escapingbabylon.com/?p=1014#comment-303 Seeing people as individuals does not mean necessarily being colorblind. It means, look at the individual, maybe judge based on character, and accept the individual's culture. The basic idea of being color blind is to not associate generalizations of people of a certain color to this one individual. Of course, this is a different story when it comes to things like Affirmative Action, as being color bind may imply not being amenable to such policies. Seeing people as individuals does not mean necessarily being colorblind. It means, look at the individual, maybe judge based on character, and accept the individual’s culture. The basic idea of being color blind is to not associate generalizations of people of a certain color to this one individual. Of course, this is a different story when it comes to things like Affirmative Action, as being color bind may imply not being amenable to such policies.

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