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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Many people with colorblindness never receive a formal diagnosis, which means they would be classified as having normal vision in the database.

From Science Daily • Mar. 10, 2026

Some clinicians said they might start including questions about colorblindness in screening questionnaires.

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 an interview, Mr. Hughes said his views on colorblindness were gaining broader acceptance.

From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2024

The colorblindness ideal is premised on the notion that we, as a society, can never be trusted to see race and treat each other fairly or with genuine compassion.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander