Colorblindness has become an integral part of the national conversation on race in America. Given the assumptions behind this influential metaphor-that being blind to race will lead to racial equality-it's curious that, until now, we have not considered if or how the blind ""see…
"How do blind people understand race? To many, the answer seems obvious: they don't. This assumption has led to the emergence of colorblindness - that law and public policy can replicate the blind community's apparent racial harmony by not 'seeing' or acknowledging race. This id…
"Colorblindness has become an integral part of the national conversation on race in America. Given the assumptions behind this influential metaphor -- that being blind to race will lead to racial equality -- it's curious that, until now, we have not considered if or how the blin…
"Colorblindness has become an integral part of the national conversation on race in America. Given the assumptions behind this influential metaphor--that being blind to race will lead to racial equality--it's curious that, until now, we have not considered if or how the blind 's…
"Ralph Ellison and Kenneth Burke focuses on the little-known but important friendship between two canonical American writers. The story of this fifty-year friendship, however, is more than literary biography; Bryan Crable argues that the Burke-Ellison relationship can be interpr…
"Ralph Ellison and Kenneth Burke focuses on the little-known but important friendship between two canonical American writers. The story of this fifty-year friendship, however, is more than literary biography; Bryan Crable argues that the Burke-Ellison relationship can be interpr…
"According to W.J.T. Mitchell, a "color-blind" post-racial world is neither achievable nor desirable. Against popular claims that race is an outmoded construct that distracts from more important issues, Mitchell contends that race remains essential to our understanding of social…
