Why do people think it is good to be "color-blind"?

I'm gonna lay it right on the line.

I am not color blind and neither is anyone else regardless of what they say or think. I don't care how "liberal" someone is, they act differently around different people.

For instance. You're probably relaxed and at ease when driving through a suburban white neighborhood but would be extremely nervous and uncomfortable driving through the inner cities of Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, New York, and LA.

If you were walking down the street and saw that five white guys were walking about 100 yards behind you, you'd probably think nothing of it. But if they were five black guys, you'd probably walk a little faster and make an unnecessary turn.

The truth is there are cultural and behavioral differences between the races. To say that we are all the exact same only a different color is false though politically incorrect.

Why would anyone be prompted to think this is a race question? It is a question about wearing socks that do not match????????? Looks like a lot of people's minds are in the gutter when it comes to loving yo neighbor as yo sef (oops I couldn't resist) When **** hits the fan, we won't worry about what color someone elses eggs are. Higher consciousness which is the all of consciousness are impulses of something like electricity. We are all together already, weather we know it or not? : )

The funny thing about all this "equality" stuff is that we will never all be "equal."

The very definition of equal does not allow for it. Until the world consists of clones of the same person, of obviously the same race, gender, religion, all raised in the same upbringings, and having the same views and education on anything and everything, there will never be "equality." Not all people will EVER be completely the same in every way possible...

Along those lines of thinking, it's kind of dumb to think that a person should ignore culture, race, or religion within others - doing that is essentially ignoring who that person is.

"Colour" was used in like the 1800s or whatever. They changed a lot of grammar since then. I was reading an old note and I was surprised at how much they sucked at English back then lol. But some people still use "colour" But I spell it color

Being "color blind" doesn't mean you entirely ignore the person's race/ethnicity, it just means you don't use that to make an initial judgment, whether good or bad(but mostly bad :P ), about them. At least, that's what I always thought it meant.

Being "color-blind" is not meant to be interpreted literally. It means not taking people's races into account when you are forming opinions of them and not letting someone's color prevent you from socializing with them or treating them as your equal. Not everything can be translated literally. However, i agree with your opinion concerning the beauty of different races and ethnicities. Props for bringing some positive light on yahoo answers.

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I agree with you. I think it was a catch phrase used years ago when people couldn't accept one another let alone embrace one another. I think we are very slowly getting to the point of being able to talk about cultural differences, but often political correctness prevents this.

There's a difference between race and culture. There are plenty of white people in South Africa.

You can learn plenty about someone's culture (ie- what country they are from and the customs and rituals of that nation/society) without even mentioning their skin color.

We can't be color-blind. The only way to be truly color blind is for EVERY ethnicity to be color-blind.

I just answered a question about why most people don't like black people... Do you think I, a white person, could get away with asking the similar question in opposite?

I don't think so.

Not to mention that crime statistics, health statistics...at least has to be a tool in eliminating crime, and improving health...not the determining factor, but a useful tool.

When i say that i'm proud to be Italian, i'm not saying that I'm proud to have olive skin and dark hair. I'm saying that i am proud to know that i share in the heritage of Italy.

I think we need to separate skin color and heritage in our minds. Racism, i think, is more based on the aspect of descent and only uses skin color as an identifier. In my opinion, the phrase "color blind" used in this way is a bit misdirected.