Colorblindness has become the hegemonic racial common sense in 21st-century America.

Evidence

Today, in the 21st century, the concept of “colorblindness” is hegemonic in the United States. It has become the racial common sense and desideratum of our time. … Those advocating acolorblind view of race assert that the goals of the civil rights movement have been substantially achieved, that overt forms of racial discrimination are athing of the past, and that the United States is in the midst of a successful transition toa “post-racial” society. From a colorblind standpoint, any hints of race consciousness are tainted by racism. Thus it is suggested that the most effective antiracist gesture, policy, or practice is simply to ignore race (Skrentny 1996; Connerly 2007). — Michael Omi, Howard Winant, Racial Formation in the United States, 241

Categorization

• QUESTION: Worth chasing: whether colorblindness genuinely retains hegemony today or whether its status has eroded under recent anti-critical race theory backlash.