What does it mean to be racially color blind? What are the assumptions of color-blindness? Evaluate the validity of these assumptions.

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  1. What does it mean to be racially color blind? What are the assumptions of color-blindness? Evaluate the validity of these assumptions.
  2. We observe differences from a young age and create categories. Society is structured around many of these categories. What happens if we try to suppress certain categories? Think about your own racial/ethnic identity—or any part of your identity—what if you were told it didn’t matter? How would it impact you?
  3. Color-blindness is offered as a solution to racism. Can color-blindness solve racism? Why or why not? What other reasons did the video pose as reasons people promote color-blindness? Discuss the validity.
  4. If being color-blind is not the solution to racism, then what is? How can we see color and not ignore our own or others’ identity without racism and discrimination?
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