This was really eloquent, and I appreciate the discussion so much. (Also, love Garrett, I was part of Barnraisers in Spring 2021!) My parents said the same thing growing up - "We don't see color, everyone is equal." I always felt unsettled by this, because I felt like I was *wrong* for seeing color, for noticing that there were only a ha…
This was really eloquent, and I appreciate the discussion so much. (Also, love Garrett, I was part of Barnraisers in Spring 2021!) My parents said the same thing growing up - "We don't see color, everyone is equal." I always felt unsettled by this, because I felt like I was *wrong* for seeing color, for noticing that there were only a handful of Black kids in my otherwise White classroom, for example. I think it's very hard for my parents (and so many of us) to acknowledge that "being colorblind" is erasure.
This was really eloquent, and I appreciate the discussion so much. (Also, love Garrett, I was part of Barnraisers in Spring 2021!) My parents said the same thing growing up - "We don't see color, everyone is equal." I always felt unsettled by this, because I felt like I was *wrong* for seeing color, for noticing that there were only a handful of Black kids in my otherwise White classroom, for example. I think it's very hard for my parents (and so many of us) to acknowledge that "being colorblind" is erasure.