Colorblind Nation: The Denial of Race and the Rise of Racial Inequality

by Charles Gallagher

Book Overview

Colorblind Nation examines how colorblindness is discussed, debated and deployed in a host of social, political and economic contexts. This book traces how the concept of colorblindness has shifted from an abstract societal goal to a normative belief system that now frames how individuals and institutions understand race in the context of equal opportunity, social mobility and perceptions of institutional racism. Using his own ethnographic research...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138937452
• ISBN13: 9781138937451
• Release Date: January 2026
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 224 Pages
• Dimensions: 6.0" x 9.0"