Race

ethnicity, ethnic background, or whatever other politically correct title one wishes to

attach to this phenotypic identifier, is as plain as the nose on one’s face. For many, in the

“dominant culture,” ethnic identity serves as a convenient way to separate the “haves”

from the “have nots,” and the “brutes” from the “civilized.” Not only is ethnicity used as a

way to separate, it also serves as an explanation for the segregation. Certain ethnicities

are often typecast as failures and deemed as poor, uneducated, lazy, on welfare, in gangs,

or in prisons. While other ethnicities are placed in the role of prosperity, assumed to be

rich, educated, CEOs, and future leaders of the country.

In Seeing a Color-Blind Future: The Paradox of Race, Patricia Williams argues

that if someone in our culture wanted to be colorblind right now that would be impossible.

Judging from the way race relations in the United States have been practiced in the past,

and the ways we currently approach the issue of race, I am inclined to agree with her. The

United States is not yet ready for a color blind society. I believe that this is apparent when

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