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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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

Indeed, colorblindness arguments were often invoked to oppose the 15th Amendment and prevent congressional efforts to enforce it.

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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.

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Real colorblindness—consistent, principled, and faithful to equal protection—requires rejecting racial profiling in all contexts, including immigration enforcement.

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“The aim of colorblindness,” he writes, “is to consciously disregard race as a reason to treat individuals differently and as a category on which to base public policy.”

From New York Times