Colorblindness

Source 5

Mekawi, Yara et al. “Who Is More Likely To “Not See Race”? Individual Differences In Racial Colorblindness”. Race And Social Problems, vol 9, no. 3, 2017, pp. 207-217. Springer Science and Business Media LLC, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12552-017-9211-3.

Summary

            Main idea

Colorblindness affects behavior in that someone unaware of racial privileges tends to be less agreeable and empathetic than institutional racism. From the rating scale, full racial colorblindness is associated with lower agreeableness and empathy.

Main points

Colorblindness remains to be the radical ideology against racial prejudice. Nevertheless, colorblindness is associated with some severe negative behaviors that propagate social injustice towards the ethnic minorities in the US. The effectiveness of colorblindness depends on the personality type of an individual. For all colorblind people, those unaware of racial privileges tend to be empathetic than those unaware of blatant racism and institutional discrimination.

Credibility

Authors are affiliates in the Psychology Department, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. They have significant experience in social sociology, with several publications on psychology with a bias in sociopolitical and religious perspectives. The study is biased by virtual of being cross-sectional since people attitudes are prone to change over time. Nevertheless, it is a credible source.

Relevance

The author’s perspective is the spectrum of the effectiveness of colorblindness, which is the focus of my paper. It is also relevant based on its currency – published in 2017.

Evaluation

I will use this paper to deliver arguments on the divergent perspectives of people practicing colorblindness. I will use the findings to support the place of colorblindness in reducing prejudice and integrating alternatives for personalities that seem more harmful than good.

Source 6

Doane, Ashley (“Woody”). “Colorblindness: The Lens That Distorts.” The Myth Of Colorblindness, 2019, pp. 13-33. Springer International Publishing, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17447-7_2.

Summary

            Main idea

Among the existing anti-racist ideologies in the US, colorblindness is the most dominant and will remain so despite challenges from alternative ideologies.

Main points

Colorblindness is a common ideology in the US that helps overcome racial prejudice. One of the issues that challenge colorblindness is the heightened wakefulness of systemic racism. Colorblindness faces other forces such as a “new white nationalism” and the “majority-minority” status. In the future, systemic racism will end, and industries such as entertainment, particularly Hollywood, will need to restructure their place of race. Nevertheless, colorblindness is the most dominant and will remain so despite challenges from alternative ideologies.

Credibility

The author is a professor at the Department of Social Sciences at the University of Hartford. Doane has written 13 publications regarding race, which have been cited in 849 other papers. His extensive experience in research on racism and the strong evidence of literature search in this paper makes it a credible source. However, his publications focus on the bad of white Americans in the discussions about racism, which imposes a bias in favor of people of color.

Relevance

This paper stance directly on the issue I am investigating. It has strong arguments that critique the role and place of colorblindness as a solution to the prevalent racial injustice in the US. The author has also incorporated a historical context of racism and colorblindness, notably, the consequences US society should expect in the near and far future. This article was published in 2019.

Evaluation

I would use this article to learn about the history of colorblindness, its implications in social systems, and the expected consequences. I would extract arguments and counter augments concerning colorblindness and use them in my paper. It will be a primary resource in examining the use of racial color blindness as a method for managing intergroup relations and diversity.

Non-Academic Sources

Source 7

Brown, Stacy M. “Racism In Politics Takes Toll On Black America”. Ethnic New Watch, vol 51, no. 13, 2016, pp. 18-19., https://ezproxy2.library.colostate.edu/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/racism-politics-takes-toll-on-black-america/docview/1757705019/se-2?accountid=10223.

Summary

            Main idea

Racial speech seems to escalate in US political scenes, especially during elections, and disproportionality increases racial prejudice against people of color.   

Main points

Despite the equal voting rights accorded to US citizens, racial injustice seems to sprout in every electioneering period. Specifically, racism appears to exclude people of color from the central role of government formation. There are many instances where the black community has been seen as an outgroup and some laws seem to bias against blacks or whites. There is a need to revisit the US history to correct the systemic laws that, despite claiming equality, continue discriminating against the people of color.

Credibility

This article is a collection of quotations from news articles published by Washington Informer. Brown is a journalist, news correspondent, and senior writer for Washington Informer and Baltimore Times. Her experience in news reports dates back to 1996, which is significant to qualify her expertise. The article is not academic but based on the author’s background, and I consider it credible.

Relevance

This article concerns how US politics reveals racial boundaries. It also focuses on the legal structures that are systemically discriminating against blacks. This does not directly relate to my paper, but its odes reveal blacks’ previous and current experiences as a minority race.  The article was published in 2016.

Evaluation

I would use the article to gain insights into the evolution of racism within the political and administrative scene. I will also gather some ideas about how races can be treated in groups or outgroups in social situations like elections.

Source 8

Mazzocco, Philip J. The Psychology Of Racial Colorblindness: A Critical Review. 1st ed., Springer Nature, 2017.

Summary

            Main idea

This book is a critical review of colorblindness from a psychological point of view.

Main points

Colorblindness continues to dominate among the anti-racist ideologies. However, there are several divergent models regarding the perception of racism within the colorblindness ideology. A particular model determines the illusions that exist in understanding the reality of racism in the US. Also, colorblindness affects everyone from an individual to group and societal levels. Colorblindness has infiltrated education, law, and organizations to build a conceptual network that needs to be critiqued as a matter of urgency.

Credibility

The author, Dr. Philip Mazzocco, is an Associate Professor at, Mansfield campus in the psychology department. He has extensive experience in research that focuses on racial attitudes from a psychological approach. Since the author has contributed to multiple academic journals, books, and white papers, this article is deemed credible in race and psychology discussions.

Relevance

The book critiques colorblindness from more than one angle, making it the critical source of information for my paper, considering its extensive dissection of colorblindness and racism in the US. It was published in 2017, making most information in this book current and relevant to my analysis of the current state of society.

Evaluation

I would use this book as the main reference resource when writing my paper. I will read it to gain an extensive theory of colorblindness, the existing alternative ideologies, how it can be measured, the reality of racism amid colorblindness, and its implications. I will also follow the courses cited in this book to read more studies and note their conclusions.