Colour-blind ideologies threaten non-dominant group members by suppressing identity-relevant aspects of self

Evidence

Furthermore, Mixed individuals may feel threatened when colour-blind ideologies are prominent. Rios (2022) suggests that especially for members of non-dominant groups, colour-blindness can pose a threat by downplaying, suppressing, or neglecting significant aspects of one’s self-concept and group identity—implying that these aspects are unimportant. — Anna X. Huang, Jacqueline M. Chen, and Juliane Degner, Being One or the Other, Both or Neither, 86

Categorization

• XREF: Counterintuitive inversion - colour-blindness, meant to reduce categorization, itself threatens by erasing identity - echoes critiques of ‘assimilationist’ or universalist solidarity in the reader’s theoretical frame. — connects to: Totalizing critiques of identity threaten marginalized groups who name identity to resist domination — bell hooks, Teaching to Transgress: Education as…, 162; Critiques of essentialism and identity politics can silence marginalized groups themselves — bell hooks, Teaching to Transgress: Education as…, 168; Forcing colorblindness or identity forsaking backfires and worsens intergroup relations — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 577 (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• Forcing colorblindness or identity forsaking backfires and worsens intergroup relations #corroborates (0.90) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 577
• Eliminating group salience backfires because identity is meaningful and perceptually unavoidable #corroborates (0.84)
• Suppressing a stigmatised group’s identity symbols strengthens rather than erodes that identity #corroborates (0.82) — Irene Zempi and Imran Awan, Islamophobia, 255
• Color-blind ideology masks ongoing discrimination while appearing egalitarian #expands (0.78) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1850
• Identity invalidation by mono-racial others shapes mixed individuals’ self-definition #exemplifies (0.78) — Anna X. Huang, Jacqueline M. Chen, and Juliane Degner, Being One or the Other, Both or Neither, 115