...essential human sameness. In her recent book, Ruth Frankenberg explores the dangers of this tendency: The sharp cutting edge of color-blindness is revealed...preserves the power structure inherent in essentialist racism.27 This view of race is rife with contradictions. Although color blindness has frequently been...

...of colorblindness, according to Ruth Frankenburg, "is good only insofar as their [people of color] 'coloredness' can be bracketed and ignored, and this...preserves the power structure inherent in essentialist racism."16 From my experience and observations, I have learned that LDS Church leaders at all levels,...

...of color blindness, according to Ruth Frankenburg, "is good only insofar as their [people of color] 'coloredness' can be bracketed and ignored, and this bracketing is contingent on the ability or the decision—in fact, the virtue—of a 'noncolored'—or white—self. Color-blindness, despite the...