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That\u2019s the title of a CNN piece<\/a> about the state of racism and race relations in the United States. \u00a0The main thesis: \u00a0white Americans think they\u2019re \u201ccolor blind\u201d but they\u2019re not, really. \u00a0Evidence: \u00a0white Americans disapprove of Obama even when presented with \u201cfacts\u201d that show that, really, he\u2019s been a great president; ergo, they must be racist. \u00a0Americans believe that blacks have \u201ccaught up\u201d with whites economically, but they really haven\u2019t. \u00a0A study of identical resumes sent out, one with a \u201cwhite\u201d name and one with a \u201cblack\u201d name, got more responses for the \u201cwhite\u201d resumes. \u00a0A study (called a \u201cclassic study\u201d but without any reference or context) in which Americans shown a picture of a white man armed with a knife fighting an unarmed black man, afterwards remembered it as being the reverse.<\/p>\n

The implied bottom line seems to be that ambitions of \u201ccolor-blind\u201d law are folly, because racism is hardwired into whites, and that we need more vigorous implementation of quotas, for instance, to hire black and fire white officers in Ferguson to bring their ratios on the police force in line with that of the community.<\/p>\n

Anyway, as you might guess, I\u2019m skeptical, but go read it and tell me what you think.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"