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A 3 page essay that explains what is meant by "colorblind racism." Bibliography lists 4 sources
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where a person is judged by actions and behavior, rather than race or ethnic origin, and that person will probably answer "yes." However, ask the same question of a person
who belongs to an ethnic or racial minority as they will almost certainly answer "no." This discrepancy can be traced to the ways in which racism and the dream of
racial colorblindness are perceived in general American society. Research indicates the presence of new form of racism in the US, which can be termed "colorblind racism." This new racism justifies
and rationalizes societal inequalities, but it does so in non-racial terms. Lewis, Chesler and Forman offer insight on this issue when they give the example of rather than perceiving
affirmative action as a "strategic effort to redress inequality and create a more diverse and creative learning environment for all students," the "new racism asserts a kind of free market
individualism in which white university students can imagine a colorblind world, where all should (and can) complete freely and equally" and this attitude perceived affirmative action as an "assault on
fair play" (Lewis, Chesler and Forman, 2000, p. 87). As this suggests, colorblind racism is a matter of subjective perception that is drawn from the cultural background of whiteness, which
interprets the Anglo-influenced mainstream cultural experience as simply the societal norm, that is, that their own experience is basically how it is for everyone. For example, Lewis (2001) conducted
ethnographic research at a virtually all-white elementary school, which considered itself to be "colorblind" in its policies and pedagogical ideology. The name-calling and racial slurs with which ethnic students had
to contend was reinterpreted through the cultural prism of teachers and administrators as nothing more than a form of the put-downs that are a typical part of childhood and adolescent
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