Summaries

“Colorblindness is the New Racism”

Colorblindness is the new racism is a reading written to show how being “color blind” is just as bad as being racist. To be colorblind is to not take into account a person's race when viewing them as a whole person including how they are viewed and treated by the world we live in. The two authors that wrote this piece bring up how the idea of colorblindness is typically brought up in our justice system to excuse actions that would discriminate based on race. The authors gave what they believe is a step toward the right direction when it comes to getting rid of colorblindness and that is called “color insight”. Color insight allows us to admit that most of us do see race. But not only that it teaches us how to ride our sleeves of colorblindness through four steps. The first step is considering context for discussing race. The second is looking at systems of privilege. The third is taking away white normatively and finally getting rid of stereotypes and looking to make connections with each individual.

“Why You Should Stop Saying All Lives Matter”

This is a news article that gives 9 reasons as to why “All Lives Matter” should not be used. In this article the other brings up, in a light hearted way, that many people insert an invisible “only” in front of the saying “Black Lives Matter”. This article explains that “Black Lives Matter” is not saying that other lives do not matter. It is simply stating that black lives are valued differently than those of what lives in the United States. In the article there is a great example that explains why we need “Black lives Matter ''. It gives the example of a burning house. If your house was on fire and you asked someone to use water to put out the fire and they put the water on a different house )a house that was not on fire) with the idea that “all houses matter” that would not make sense. White lives are always protected in the United States so we need to stop saying all lives matter because it is black lives that are being taken and black lives matter just as much as white lives.