03810nam 2200685 450 991046343490332120200520144314.00-8047-8927-410.1515/9780804789271(CKB)2670000000489306(SSID)ssj0001001555(PQKBManifestationID)12492632(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001001555(PQKBWorkID)10966496(PQKB)10656995(MiAaPQ)EBC1469424(DE-B1597)564384(DE-B1597)9780804789271(Au-PeEL)EBL1469424(CaPaEBR)ebr10783006(OCoLC)861081013(OCoLC)1178769182(EXLCZ)99267000000048930620130404h20142014 uy| 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrBlinded by sight seeing race through the eyes of the blind /Osagie K. ObasogieStanford, California :Stanford Louisiana Books, an imprint of Stanford University Press,[2014]©20141 online resource (288 pages)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8047-7279-7 0-8047-7278-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Critiquing the critique : beyond social constructionism -- Theory, methods, and initial findings -- Visualizing race, racializing vision -- Revisiting colorblindness -- Race, vision, and equal protection -- On post-racialism.Colorblindness has become an integral part of the national conversation on race in America. Given the assumptions behind this influential metaphor—that being blind to race will lead to racial equality—it's curious that, until now, we have not considered if or how the blind "see" race. Most sighted people assume that the answer is obvious: they don't, and are therefore incapable of racial bias—an example that the sighted community should presumably follow. In Blinded by Sight,Osagie K. Obasogie shares a startling observation made during discussions with people from all walks of life who have been blind since birth: even the blind aren't colorblind—blind people understand race visually, just like everyone else. Ask a blind person what race is, and they will more than likely refer to visual cues such as skin color. Obasogie finds that, because blind people think about race visually, they orient their lives around these understandings in terms of who they are friends with, who they date, and much more. In Blinded by Sight, Obasogie argues that rather than being visually obvious, both blind and sighted people are socialized to see race in particular ways, even to a point where blind people "see" race. So what does this mean for how we live and the laws that govern our society? Obasogie delves into these questions and uncovers how color blindness in law, public policy, and culture will not lead us to any imagined racial utopia.Race awarenessUnited StatesBlindUnited StatesAttitudesRaceSocial aspectsUnited StatesRace discriminationLaw and legislationUnited StatesPost-racialismUnited StatesUnited StatesRace relationsElectronic books.Race awarenessBlindAttitudes.RaceSocial aspectsRace discriminationLaw and legislationPost-racialism305.800973Obasogie Osagie K1056881MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463434903321Blinded by sight2491567UNINA