Color Blindness By Mellody Hobson

Recently in AVID class we watched a TED talk about “color blindness” and “color braveness” by Mellody Hobson. During her talk she focuses on how race has impacted our lives and what she thinks of it. Although she talks about both “color blindness” and “color braveness,” she wants people to become color brave in order to make the world a better place. Mellody Hobson gives a powerful speech and her view on racism is geared toward the reality of racism today. She wants people to be aware that racism is all around us. Furthermore, she doesn’t want people to ignore the fact, she wants people to acknowledge it rather than being “color blind.” Ignoring the fact that racism is alive is what it means to be “color blind.” Personally, I have seen many occasions where people decide to be “color blind” on certain situations. For instance, there’s a show on ABC called “What Would You Do?” and they portray very controversial situations with real people and the situations happen to actors in order to see how normal people would react. The show uses a major amount of racial discrimination since racism is a huge topic today. After the director comes out and explains it was just a enactment and asks why people didn’t step in to help, many people said they would rather ignore the fact that it was
In the video, I noticed many people in the crowd had the look of discomfort on their face as Hobson continued talking about racism. I knew she noticed it too but she continued to carry on about her personal life experiences with enthusiasm and a strong need to persuade people. She continued to fight the discomfort she knew she was going to get into and she took the challenge head on. Many of us embrace the power to take things head on so it’s