colorblindness

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1. A defect in perception of colors, caused by a deficiency of certain specialized cells in the retina that are sensitive to different colors. The condition may be partial (as in “red-green colorblindness,” in which a person cannot distinguish red from green), or complete (in which the person sees all colors as gray).

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By extension, the law is said to be colorblind in its judgments, which are supposed to ignore a defendant's race.

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Even then, though, the court did not commit itself entirely: Chief Justice John Roberts’ majority opinion approvingly quoted Harlan, but stopped short of announcing that colorblindness was now the law.

From Slate ● Jun. 22, 2026

Among bladder cancer patients, those with colorblindness had a lower chance of survival than those with normal vision.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 10, 2026

After analyzing health records, the team found that people who had both bladder cancer and colorblindness faced a 52% higher mortality rate over 20 years compared with bladder cancer patients who have normal vision.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 10, 2026

They tried to overlay this notion of colorblindness onto Section 2, and the court said, No, that’s not what this is about.

From Slate ● Oct. 18, 2025

In the era of colorblindness, it is no longer socially permissible to use race, explicitly, as a justification for discrimination, exclusion, and social contempt.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander