Accuse me of being a racist and then tells me he loves me. That is essentially the logic you have displayed in this thread. — Harry Hindu
...by refusing to consider race as a valid categorization I “deny the significance of a person of color’s racial/ethnic experience and history” and “deny the individual as a racial/cultural being”, which I suppose causes her pain. — NOS4A2
So in claiming to be blind to those differences, the ascendency denies what makes those individuals who they are, and reasserts its dominance. — Banno
It would be nice if skin colour didn't matter the way ear size doesn't matter. — unenlightened
..and yet the colour of this skin is part of the content of their character. — Banno
.the colour of someones skin comes along with certain immutable character traits? — DingoJones
I can follow this as European liberalism not as American liberalism. Could confirm it's European. Do liberals on either side of the Atlantic really say that they are neutral on ability? It seems like both are fairly meritocratic.Philosophically what is of interest is the classic criticism of liberalism: that in claiming neutrality on religion, race, ethnicity, gender or ability, it belittles them. It claims that they do not matter. — Banno
what specifically would you have people do differently in what circumstances to avoid doing the bad thing you’re against? — Pfhorrest
Acknowledge and accept differences rather than denying that they exist. — Banno
Or, take the example of being colourblind to disability: treating a wheelchair user as if they did not require ramps...? — Banno
but it's still not clear to me what you actually want people to do to do that. — Pfhorrest
A general policy of accommodating all people equally based on their needs covers this. People who have greater needs get greater accommodation. — Pfhorrest
Your skin colour, you aboriginality, your gender preferences, your disability, mean nothing to me.
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