color-blind
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- adjective
- /ˈkʌlərˌblaɪnd/
- US
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sin prejuicios raciales
- Equal due process in color-blind courts of law.
- color-blind policy
Without Black Lives Matter we wouldn't have many people, including white people, talking about how colour blind activism works to reinscribe white privilege.
- Without Black Lives Matter we wouldn't have many people, including white people, talking about how colour blind activism works to reinscribe white privilege.
Examples
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First, our laws must remain color-blind.
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Simple question: Who's advocating racial quotas, and who's demanding that hiring and admissions be color blind?
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I live in a color-blind society, and so do they, whether they realize it or not.
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Third, we must recognize that although America's laws and social policies must be color-blind, our culture need not be.
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I think that conservatives and Republicans should continue to promote color-blind policies, traditional values, and equality before the law.
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The determination of who from their school makes it into the percentage pool of eligibles is color-blind.
Academic text (2001) -
The case was, in Thomas's view, "a missed opportunity" because the Court did not unequivocally declare the Constitution color blind.
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And most importantly, the break applies regardless of a student's race or ethnicity; it is color-blind.
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Hollywood unions were formally color blind, but the effect of union rules restricted entry to African Americans and other minorities.
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The charity aims to promote a color-blind approach, ensuring that all applicants are considered equally, regardless of their background.
Synonyms
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Not seeing people's race as important and treating them the same
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A policy or attitude that does not consider people's race, often hiding unequal treatment
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Treating all people fairly and equally without favoring anyone
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Being fair to people of different races
Treating all people the same without unfair preference
How Unbiased
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- US
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- Offensive
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Color-blind also came from the same parts color and blind, with blind meaning 'unable to see'. A helpful way to remember this social meaning is 'not influenced by race', because it suggests treating people without 'seeing' their skin color.