Race Consciousness K – Alternative Solvency Colorblindness is an excuse to maintain the racialized status quo. Only race-conscious policies can create real change Jerome McCristal Culp, Jr., Professor of Law and Director of the John M. Olin Program in Law and Economics, Duke University, April 1994, “Colorblind remedies and the intersectionality of oppression,” delivered as a lecture at the Critical Race Theory Colloquium at New York University School of Law, New York University Law Review, 69 N.Y.U.L. Rev. 162, , ACC. 10-1-2015 This Essay argues that the colorblind principle is not a moral requirement, but rather a policy argument resting on several invalid assumptions. In particular, I want to advance the seditious idea that we will not change the racial present until we adopt an effective program of race-conscious policies, for only race-conscious policies can alter the racial status quo in this country. I contend that the argument for colorblindness ultimately argues in favor of a racialized status quo that leaves black people and other racial minorities in an unequal position. By the phrase "racial status quo," I mean the economic reality that African Americans are twice as likely to be unemployed and are more likely to be fired than are white Americans. They are also less likely to be employed in positions that provide status or higher income. Despite the many antidiscrimination laws passed since 1964, black Americans still earn substantially less income than whites. Indeed, even in pure market transactions where the race of the purchaser would not seem to matter - such as the purchase of an automobile - there is significant evidence that it does: black purchasers are treated very differently than are white purchasers by sales staff.
Race Consciousness K – Alternative Solvency Colorblindness is an excuse to maintain the racialized status quo. Only race-conscious policies can create real change Jerome McCristal Culp, Jr., Professor of Law and Director of the John M. Olin Program in Law and Economics, Duke University, April 1994, “Colorblind remedies and the intersectionality of oppression,” delivered as a lecture at the Critical Race Theory Colloquium at New York University School of Law, New York University Law Review, 69 N.Y.U.L. Rev. 162, , ACC. 10-1-2015 This Essay argues that the colorblind principle is not a moral requirement, but rather a policy argument resting on several invalid assumptions. In particular, I want to advance the seditious idea that we will not change the racial present until we adopt an effective program of race-conscious policies, for only race-conscious policies can alter the racial status quo in this country. I contend that the argument for colorblindness ultimately argues in favor of a racialized status quo that leaves black people and other racial minorities in an unequal position. By the phrase "racial status quo," I mean the economic reality that African Americans are twice as likely to be unemployed and are more likely to be fired than are white Americans. They are also less likely to be employed in positions that provide status or higher income. Despite the many antidiscrimination laws passed since 1964, black Americans still earn substantially less income than whites. Indeed, even in pure market transactions where the race of the purchaser would not seem to matter - such as the purchase of an automobile - there is significant evidence that it does: black purchasers are treated very differently than are white purchasers by sales staff.
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