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The problem of the twenty-first century, then, is the problem of the color-blind. This problem is simple: it believes that to redress racism, we need… - Vijay Prashad
" "The problem of the twenty-first century, then, is the problem of the color-blind. This problem is simple: it believes that to redress racism, we need to not consider race in social practice, notably in the sphere of governmental action. The state, we are told, must be above race. ... We are led to believe that racism is prejudicial behavior of one party against another rather than the coagulation of socioeconomic injustice against groups. If the state acts without prejudice (this is, if it acts equally), then that is proof of the end of racism. Unequal socioeconomic conditions of today, based as they are on racisms of the past and of the present, are thereby rendered untouchable by the state. Color-blind justice privatizes inequality and racism, and it removes itself from the project of redistributive and anti-racist justice. This is the genteel racism of our new millennium.
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About Vijay Prashad
Vijay Prashad (born 14 August 1967) is an Indian historian, journalist, commentator and Marxist intellectual.
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