Colorblind Racism?

Hey, getting 2012 off to a great upside-down start.

At Psychology Today, "Colorblind Ideology is a Form of Racism":

Racial issues are often uncomfortable to discuss and rife with stress and controversy. Many ideas have been advanced to address this sore spot in the American psyche. Currently, the most pervasive approach is known as colorblindness. Colorblindness is the racial ideology that posits the best way to end discrimination is by treating individuals as equally as possible, without regard to race, culture, or ethnicity.

At its face value, colorblindness seems like a good thing — really taking MLK seriously on his call to judge people on the content of their character rather than the color of their skin. It focuses on commonalities between people, such as their shared humanity.

However, colorblindness alone is not sufficient to heal racial wounds on a national or personal level. It is only a half-measure that in the end operates as a form of racism.

Nah.

For some reason I think MLK wouldn't be down with that.

I like this one better: "The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race."