Forcing colorblindness or identity forsaking backfires and worsens intergroup relations

Evidence

Indeed, demands to forsake these group identities or to adopt a “colorblind” ideology would likely arouse strong reactance and result in especially poor intergroup relations (see Judd & Park, ch. 8 this volume). — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 577

When group identities and their associated cultural values are adaptive, or when they are associated with high status or highly visible cues to group membership, it would be undesirable or impossible for people to relinquish these group identities completely or, as perceivers, to be “colorblind.” Indeed, demands to forsake these group identities or to adopt a “colorblind” ideology would likely arouse strong reactance and result in especially poor intergroup relations (see Judd & Park, ch. 8 this volume). — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 577

Categorization

• SEED: Essay angle: the empirical case against colorblindness as policy — why well-intentioned erasure of identity backfires.
• XREF: Relates to existing contact-theory claims; the countereffect claim about colorblind demands is a useful qualifier. — connects to: Official colorblindness lets familiar-partner privilege continue unchecked as exclusion — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race: Reflections on…, 1621; Utopian color words like purple function as strategies for avoiding race — Neda Maghbouleh, The Limits of Whiteness: Iranian…, 1499; Resolving conflict must not be conflated with erasing diversity — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice:…, 624 (+3 more)
• corroborated: 4 independent passages support this claim — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 577