Recently I read an article by educator and scholar Dr. Barbara Applebaum. The paper is entitled, Engaging Student Disengagement: Resistance or Disagreement. In this article Applebaum focuses on the struggles social justice educators face from students who refuse to engage and substantively analyze inequities in our society on the basis that they claim to not [...]
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The notion of being colorblind to race is dangerous…
Posted in Racism, Whiteness, and White Privilege, tagged abstract liberalism, colorblind racism, Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, meritocracy, Michael Lewis, racial privilege on June 17, 2008 | 3 Comments »
The connection between colorblind racism (the idea that one doesn’t see and thus respond to people on the basis of their color) and abstract liberalism is very subtle and hard to ascertain. Here, I provide a brief attempt to shed light on its connectedness through a hypothetical example.
Abstract liberalism: “This frame incorporates tenets associated [...]
