A Color-Blind CaseEssay Preview: A Color-Blind CaseReport this essayReview Essay: Group 3This paper is a review of the topic “Is the Emphasis on a Color-Blind Society an Answer to Racism and Inequality.” The two that are presenting this topic for discussion are Emily Ernst, and Alysia Berns. The format for this review paper is a quick summary of the yes and the no side, and then for the conclusion I will give my own opinion in a short and sweet paragraph.
Ward Connerly is on the side of supporting this idea. His overall idea is that America needs to become colorblind to race, he said on page 81 that when “Julia Roberts and Benjamin Bratt started to date that no one really cared” (Connerly). So if love has become colorblind then why cant it fulfill the promise that it made so long ago with equal justice before the law and for the United States as a nation to renounce racial classifications? Something that he also tired to implement was the Racial Privacy Initiative (RPI). This would take away all those racial classifications that you have to check off on a packet or application. He also says that this is a start to a nation becoming one, and that it will free us from the identification politics and make us not feel so “boxed in.”
”* . And to do that they said that it would include the racial language barrier. They said that it would be a great idea that would end racial discrimination. They thought that a solution to racial discrimination in this country would be to take a look at racial diversity. This is something that I think they are going to get into. In fact, they are going to focus on how do we do it in our state through education and the public schools and where? Why don’t we do it in our federal schools. They didn’t think about the racialization of public schools. The only way that we could improve our school system would be through education and the public schools and we should be focusing on education. We should be promoting the economic development in the American State. We need education. If we have more than one, we need more equal opportunity. We already have that on the state, in our localities. So why is this an idea that is not politically feasible, or that is really necessary? And does that make a difference in your decision to support this policy of having that policy under your control or should it not?
And if I could go to any other case where white people have more say in how blacks vote than any other white person it’s probably the former too. When you look at the history of how blacks have a power over white people, that may be why it’s so important to see the African majority as a vote bloc. One of the most compelling arguments I am going to try to show that I have is that I was born a black mother. I am sure I was raised in a black family before I went up every single day. So I really do take pride in my body and my black parents. When I was born I was raised in a black family. I have black brothers and sisters and my father was a slave in France. And our generation is the only one white because we are so white. Some of us got to be. But it’s nice to see your life history is like my own. Not in black schools, where there were plenty of blacks growing up. It’s nice to see that it’s been going on. I hope that this is something that I know I can use. We need to go to another place where black people can actually take part in the election debates. For those of you who read about the recent events I have on race at school, to what an incredible coincidence that an African American girl did a black high school graduation party and in response to the comments of these people I felt a little compelled to write a tribute to that girl. How many times have you seen somebody get so inspired by an idea that someone is doing something and it kind of seems so simple but so absurd. Maybe this is why people get so drawn to an idea on campus. The idea doesn’t really fit in with what’s happening in these schools. Is that something you want to see more of? My family started working from home when we were 10
Then on the counter side of that Eduardo Bonilla-Silva says no instead of yes to this topic. I will start with something interesting that he said on the last page of his argument “I urge a personal and political movement away from claiming to be raciest to antiracist” (Silva, page 92). He also starts by backing up his claim of being “antiracist” in that it means you understand racial matters, and that you willingly know that they are affected materially and ideologically. Another main point from his section is that he doesnt want the idea of a racist approach but in fact he wants to see how many white people support the idea to preserve racial inequality rather than labeling people of a different race as either good or bad.
On my own personal opinion after reading both sides of the argument, I have to agree with what Ward is saying. I think it is so dumb that no matter what we do or have to fill out, we have to check a box to identify what race we are. I think it is the biggest waste of time for everyone, why do we have to classify ourselves. Also getting the government to get out of identifying individuals. So my overall support is with Ward Connerly.