The Psychology of Racial Colorblindness A Critical Review
This book summarizes and integrates the social scientific research on racial colorblindness, focusing primarily on work within the field of psychology. A new multi-variety colorblind framework is presented, which provides theoretical coherence to th
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Philip J. Mazzocco
The Psychology of Racial Colorblindness A Critical Review
Philip J. Mazzocco Ohio State University Mansfield, Ohio, USA
ISBN 978-1-137-59967-4 DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-59302-3
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FOREWORD AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Barack Obama’s ascension to the U.S. Presidency in 2008 elicited widespread claims that America had entered a period of post-racialism. The logic was straightforward: If a Black person could be elected to the highest office in the land, the very pinnacle of power and prestige, then race, in and of itself, was clearly no longer an insurmountable handicap to minorities. America, it appeared, was finally colorblind with respect to race. The widespread popularity and influence of Black athletes and entertainers such as LeBron James, Tiger Woods, Beyoncé, Jay Z, and Oprah Winfried, to name but a few, was cited as further evidence that racial minorities were no longer held back by the color of their skin. The case for post-racialism, however, required viewing contemporary racial progress through a decidedly myopic lens. In 2008 Blacks as a group still found themselves on the wrong side of racial inequality on all major indicators of societal success—from wealth and income, to educational attainment, to criminal justice outcomes, to political representation. And although the election of a Black man to the Presidency was indeed historic, it was accompanied by a spike in race-focused hate g
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