A raceless society denies racism while constantly re-invoking the terms of its denial.

Evidence

Raceless melancholia adds a twist. It screens off the violence of such exclusions even from conscious recognition at the cost of deepening the sense of one’s (social) loss through denial, removing the terms of reference for a state the denial of which cannot be completely sustained. Hence the ongoing need to keep invoking the terms it is insisted (ought to) have (or have had) no reference. — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 697

Categorization

• XREF: Parallels colorblind racism discourse and the post-racial rhetoric analyzed elsewhere in Goldberg’s work. — connects to: Race-evaporation recasts racism claims as offenses against society itself. — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race: Reflections on…, 1801
• DEFINE: Defines the paradoxical mechanism whereby denial of race necessitates repeated invocation of racial terms.