Question

use universal colorblindness as a study guide question for Sociology.

Answer 1

Universal color blindness conceptually reflects an ideal in which an individual's race or skin color is insignificant. The idea assumed prominence particularly during the Civil Rights Movement and International Anti-racist movements of the 1950s and 1960s. The universal colorblind ideology is based on tenets of non-discrimination, due process of law, equal protection under the law, and equal opportunities regardless of race. According to Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, four "frames" guide color-blind thinking:

• Abstract liberalism which involves invoking abstract ideas such as equal opportunity and individual choice, while opposing concrete proposals to reduce inequality.
• Naturalization which is used by whites to explain racial segregation as the natural scheme of events and how thing are expected to be.
• Cultural racism relies on cultural, rather than biological, explanations to account for racial inequality.
• Minimization of racism refers to the conscious efforts made by individuals and groups.