Word: colorblindness
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Flaring tempers marred the end of the game as the Tigers became frustrated by the score and several calls that made the referees appear orange-crimson colorblind. Having failed to contain the physical second-half play before it caused problems, the referees awarded the Tigers three yellow cards in an attempt to regain control...
...Similarly, if I wanted to cast Purlie Victorious or Colored Girls and if it were important to my concept, I wouldn't put white actors in it. You can't take away from creative desion-making, and you can't force white directors to cast something colorblind...
...must remind the nation and its institutions that Congress was not colorblind when it enacted the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments to the United States Constitution. We must insist that the country recognize that the United States Supreme Court was talking about Black people and racial discrimination when it pronounced the Brown decision...
Still, their handling of racial matters is the key to the new Southern politicians. They are not colorblind. Far from it?they especially court the black vote. Mississippi's Democratic Representative David Bowen, 43, is typical. Says he: "I make a special effort to reach out. I speak in black churches and to black civic groups. I've been to dozens of black clubs and gatherings. That's not a unique situation now. Anyone in Mississippi who wants to get elected does that. These are my constituents...
Responding to Glazer's "colorblind" comment, Allison, a black, said "with all the handicaps you've already put on me, I'm supposed to forget about it and run the 100-yard dash with you with a twentypound weight around my neck. That weight may seem invisible to you, but it sure slows down the process...