The complicated realities of whiteness: From color blind to racially cognizant

2007/12/01 by Robert D. Reason, Nancy J. Evans · 1 citation
Social Sciences · Medicine · #Higher Education Research Studies #Critical Race Theory in Education #Evaluation of Teaching Practices #Racism #White (mutation) #Blindness #Transparency (behavior) #People of color #Racial bias #Sociology #Aesthetics #Gender studies #Race (biology) #Optometry #Political science #Art #Law #Medicine

paper · doi:10.1002/ss.258

openalex publication_date 2007/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/11

Abstract

Abstract This chapter examines color‐blind campuses that perpetuate White transparency and racially cognizant environments that reveal and challenge notions of color blindness. Recommendations are offered to help White students respond to the realities of Whiteness and move beyond color‐blind racism.

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