Word: colorblindness
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...September, researchers at the University of Washington reported in the journal Nature that they had produced color vision in squirrel monkeys, which are normally born colorblind. Using a tiny syringe, researchers injected the single missing gene for color vision into the monkeys' eyes. The result was clear: monkeys that previously could not distinguish red, green and gray were easily able to pass a simian equivalent of a color-detection test. (See the top 10 medical breakthroughs...
...individual.” He said he believed that these individuals were following the wrong strategy, despite their well-meaning intentions. “What we find, ironically, is that individuals most concerned about what other people think of them on the issue of race will be the most colorblind in their interactions,” he said. “This is the behavior that makes them look more prejudiced in the eyes of black observers when the context of race is relevant.” Apfelbaum pointed out that the researchers are still studying how individuals can best...
...expression, its members still face the risk of becoming isolated from the broader Harvard dramatic community. Caught in a decades-old dispute between the need to acknowledge and the desire to erase racial differences onstage, BlackCAST struggles to reshape the discourse of race and drama at Harvard.CAN ART BE COLORBLIND?Harvard certainly isn’t the only community grappling with the political questions surrounding black theatre. August Wilson, a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner who is, according to University professor Henry Louis “Skip” Gates, Jr., “the most accomplished black playwright...
...Majorities in power rarely ever concede things to minorities unless they’re compelled to, and this is a perfect example. Phrases like, “Why can’t we be colorblind?” are really only proxy to, “Why can’t black people just stop whining and get with the program?” It allows race relations to be solely a black issue, and not a national issue—it’s the reason why the vast majority of people who care enough to march down...
...American society is most certainly not colorblind. In fact, most that invoke a desire to live in a colorblind society are really expressing a desire that we all blind ourselves to the way one’s skin color affects the way they’re perceived and treated in this country. And the real question becomes: Who benefits most from that situation...