Chapter Overview
Chapter 1 introduces the concept of racial colorblindness, and poses critical questions regarding its nature. In addition, a series of key theoretical propositions are presented. The chapter begins with a review of widely disparate invocations and manifestations of racial colorblindness, demonstrating the elasticity of the underlying ideology. Evidence is also presented to suggest that colorblindness is now the dominant racial ideology in the U.S. The chapter concludes with a brief overview of the remaining chapters.
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See http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2006/11/04/8458/connerly-ku-klux-klan/. Retrieved on 6/9/15.
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See http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/MSNBC/Sections/A_Politics/_Today_Stories_Teases/130724-July-NBC-WSJ-poll.pdf. Retrieved on 6/4/15.
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These findings are based upon an Internet sample, which often tends to skew younger and more liberal.
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Mazzocco, P.J. (2017). Introduction. In: The Psychology of Racial Colorblindness. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-59302-3_1
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