Many of us were taught that we should not "see" color. But good intentions often create poor results as this way of framing the race topic eventually led polite society to stop talking about race all together with the belief that bringing it up would be rude.
And as we mentioned in the first chapter, this is a privilege. PoC people could not see race as much as they couldn't open their eyes and look in a mirror. By ignoring it, we created a society that ignored issues effecting people of color.
Oluo shares her personal story about growing up in a mixed family with a mother who would never know what her black children experienced. And that her role as a mother of black children oftenes blinded her to hearing what black people were sharing
- What has been your own experience "not seeing color"
- What has been your experience with family and friends about not seeing color?
- The last chapter discussed how different perspectives led to indivisible defining race differently. For example, white people are often offended with being called racist as they "have black friends or hired black people. That they're not Klan members, so how could they be racist?" Or other such justifications. What are your thoughts on these ideas about how people define racist actions and how does that work with the concept of not seeing color?
And as we mentioned in the first chapter, this is a privilege. PoC people could not see race as much as they couldn't open their eyes and look in a mirror. By ignoring it, we created a society that ignored issues effecting people of color.
Oluo shares her personal story about growing up in a mixed family with a mother who would never know what her black children experienced. And that her role as a mother of black children oftenes blinded her to hearing what black people were sharing
- What has been your own experience "not seeing color"
- What has been your experience with family and friends about not seeing color?
- The last chapter discussed how different perspectives led to indivisible defining race differently. For example, white people are often offended with being called racist as they "have black friends or hired black people. That they're not Klan members, so how could they be racist?" Or other such justifications. What are your thoughts on these ideas about how people define racist actions and how does that work with the concept of not seeing color?