Colorblindess: Police Prejudice And Racism

When President Obama was elected into office, continues to be lauded for ushering a new era of colorblindness. Forr many it was seen as the final defeat of racsim

People are now growing up with the assumption that it is a good thing to be colorblind, which means not judging someone based on their race.
The problem with this idea is that it assumes that racial prejudice no longer exists.

**It’s actually racist when someone says that you defies the societal expectation of what that race should be
-denies racial identity and experiences
-says u don’t seem like the race because u don’t adhere to the stereotype associated with it
(you don’t seem like a black person, or asain person)

Just because some people don’t participate in individual racism and discrimination, it still doesn’t get rid of the institutions in society that disadvantage people of color.
The ideology of colorblindness makes race irrelevant.
How does that sove the problem? Colorblindness doesn’t actually fix anything.
It is assumed that we have fixed racism, which we have