colorblindness

Cultural  

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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Instead, they found no statistically significant difference in survival between patients with and without colorblindness.

From Science Daily • Mar. 10, 2026

People with normal vision correctly identified the samples 99% of the time, while participants with colorblindness were correct only 70% of the time.

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

This case turbocharged a whole new way of thinking about colorblindness and the Constitution, and its ripple effects have been felt beyond education—in the C-suite, in the military, and more.

From Slate • Sep. 29, 2025

Our commitment to colorblindness extends beyond individuals to institutions and social arrangements.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander