This author of this article, In Living Color, demonstrates a great feeling on the matters at hand. Jana King in the first paragraph expresses his discomfort talking about race with either other people or just in a mere conversation. He illustrates that people are struggling to make choices of whether they should mention the issue of races to their fellow subjects or not. Therefore, his argument is bent on the fact that the fear of talking about race has induced a racial color blind to the extent where people do not want to talk about color making assumptions that talking about a race might bring various controversies within the country or cause discomfort while speaking with other people. This paper is therefore meant to make a key examination to what the author believes should be the case and compare his perspective to the reality of the situation.
Being colorblind about racism is a very controversial issue when it comes to racism. The impact of some of these statements illustrates that we are not comfortable accepting people of their races as they are and would rather prefer if we would not talk about their races and just continue wishing that they were of the same race as us. This expression is as true as it sounds since denying the race of a person is a totally different point of accepting that very person in reality. The people of America seem to have turned their backs on the fact that they elected a black president for two terms and as a result, they would rather not look at it from that perspective given that they might be considered racists. However, they forget the uproar and the chills that ran down people’s spine and the joy when they finally realized that they had elected a black president. Even though this was a clear gesture, people still never called a black president and would rather call him a half black president.
In conclusion, the reality of the matter is that despite the fact that many people do not like to be associated with racial discrimination, we have become color blind racists. We do not acknowledge the existence of color and would rather stay silent and continue wishing that the people of color would be from the same ethnic culture as theirs. However, the truth of the matter is that we still have a long way to be a racism-free country since we do not judge by race or color, and that is correct, but we still are afraid to acknowledge the existence of people with color amidst us. Which is still racism in its technical aspect.
Reference
Dudley, W., & Cozic, C. P. (1991). Racism in America. San Diego, CA: Greenhaven Press.
