Blinded by Sight
Blinded by Sight Colorblindness has become an integral part of the national conversation on race in America. Most sighted people assume that the answer is obvious: they don't, and are therefore…
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Blinded by Sight
Colorblindness has become an integral part of the national conversation on race in America. Most sighted people assume that the answer is obvious: they don't, and are therefore incapable of racial bias--an example that the sighted community should presumably follow. 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 race.
Obasogie shares a startling observation made during discussions with people from all walks of life who have been blind since birth: even the blind aren't colorblind--blind people understand race visually, just like everyone else. In Blinded by Sight, Osagie K. Ask a blind person what race is, and they will more than likely refer to visual cues such as skin color.
Obasogie finds that, because blind people think about race