color-blind

“We will forge a society that is color-blind and merit-based,” he said, a worthy goal that is undermined by his history of racist behavior and statements.

Programs like the GI Bill, celebrated as America’s first “color-blind” policy, ostensibly extended benefits to all veterans.

L.A. shows that cities don’t have to subscribe to the farce of a color-blind, melting-pot society nor to horse-trading between interest groups.

They also leveraged their dominance skills to muscle into existence every progressive program, from Social Security and Medicare to color-blind immigration policy and voting rights, that we’re fighting a rearguard action to salvage today.

If their color-blind pronouncements seem to gloss over the historical nature of the moment, it’s by design.