CLAIMS OF BEING ‘COLOR BLIND’ IMPLIES RACE DOES NOT MATTER, LEADS TO UNEQUAL EDUCATION, PROFESSOR SAYS

“When we say ‘I don’t see color,’ what we’re saying is ‘I see you as white.’ White becomes the default,” Annamma said. “We also see a lot of scholarship in education that doesn’t want to talk about race but does want to talk about racial outcomes. People want to talk about racial disparities in education and unequal outcomes but often don’t want to talk about the racial experiences that led to those outcomes.”

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