The Impact of Color-Blind Racism

[WLO: 3] [CLOs: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

Prior to beginning work on this assignment 

· Read Chapter 3: Individual Level Responses to Difference in  Diversity, Cultural Humility, and the Helping Professions: Building Bridges Across Difference

· Read the article  Why Saying “I Don’t See Race At All” Just Makes Racism Worse .

· Watch the video  Why ‘Color-Blindness’ Is Not the Right Approach to Race .

The Impact of Color-Blind Racism assignment is based on the ways that race and ethnicity may be ignored and invalidate the experiences of people of color and subcultures that are different from the dominant group. Color-blind racism has become more prevalent in the United States as a strategy for racial denial and for addressing diversity, equity, and inclusion, which may seem to reduce the need for self-reflection and trainings that address implicit bias in human service professions.

In your paper, address the following:

· Define color-blind racism, microinvalidation, microaggression that includes current media examples, and the cultures that utilize these concepts.

· Describe three ways that microaffirmations, empathy, altruism, and compassion were used by someone within the human service professions to reduce cultural bias and color-blind racism.

· Identify the impact of color-blind racism in the media that can make you and people of color feel uncomfortable.

· Discuss the ways that color-blind racism can be perceived as racial denial.

· Identify three subcultures that were impacted by lifelong color-blind racism.

· Define solutions that can help communities reduce the negative impact of color-blind racism in the human service professions.

The Impact of Color-Blind Racism paper

· Must be three to four double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to  APA Style  as outlined in the Writing Center’s  APA Formatting for   Microsoft Word

· Must include a separate title page with the following:

· Title of paper in bold font

· Space should appear between the title and the rest of the information on the title page

· Student’s name

· Name of institution (The University of Arizona Global Campus)

· Course name and number

· Instructor’s name

· Due date

· Must utilize academic

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· Must include an introduction and conclusion Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper.

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· Must document any information used from sources in APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center’s  APA: Citing Within Your Paper

· Must include a separate reference page that is formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center. See the  APA: Formatting Your References List  resource in the Writing Center for specifications.

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