Blinded by Sight : Seeing Race Through the Eyes of the Blind

Stanford University Press

Blinded by SightSeeing Race Through the Eyes of the Blind\nAuthor(s): Osagie Obasogie\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Stanford University Press, United States\nImprint: Stanford University Press\nISBN-13: 9780804772785, 978-0804772785\nSynopsis\nColorblindness has become an integral part of the national conversation on race in America. Given the assumptions behind this influential metaphorthat being blind to race will lead to racial equalityit's curious that, until now, we have not considered if or how the blind \""see\"" race. Most sighted people assume that the answer is obvious: they don't, and are therefore incapable of racial biasan example that the sighted community should presumably follow. In Blinded by Sight,Osagie K. Obasogie shares a startling observation made during discussions with people from all walks of life who have been blind since birth: even the blind aren't colorblindblind people understand race visually, just like everyone else. Ask a blind person what race is, and .