“Colorblindness” Overlooks Structural Inequality |
“Colorblindness” Overlooks Structural Inequality
Jesus For Revolutionaries: A Blog About Race, Social Justice, and Christianity
2013-04-30
Robert Chao Romero, Associate Professor of Chicana/o Studies and Asian American Studies
University of California, Los Angeles
Good morning. Thanks to all who have been tracking with our multi-part series on Critical Race Theory and Christianity. It seems like we’ve struck a nerve with this one, so I’m excited to keep sharing ideas—back and forth—between us.
Some very thoughtful comments came in last week from Paul, a teacher, pastor, and doctoral student at my old stomping grounds—U.C. Berkeley. He raised the important point that the colorblind approach to race ignores not only the cultural diversity which God Himself created, but also the stubborn racism which continues to pervade U.S. socio-economic and political institutions. It is to this important point that we turn to this week.
Supporters of “colorblindness” say that racism is behind us. Sure, racism rears its ugly head once in a while in individual encounters between people, but, as a whole, it’s a thing of the past. As evidence they say, “see, we elected a black, Kenyan president…”
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