(Apfelbaum et al. (2012) - Color Blindness)
1. What were the 3 most important or interesting things you learned from this article?
1) Race is being addressed in schools to be accepted; however emphasizing that race doesn’t matter is having the opposite effect as early as age 10.
2) Dominant groups as Whites believe they are underprivileged because of policies that assist Blacks, which shows how important racial blindness is. I find this result interesting because I do not believe that Whites are disadvantaged by such policies.
3) Multiculturalism is an approach where group differences are openly discussed and examined to avoid color blindness. Todd and Galinsky (2011) found that people exposed to a multicultural message would express better understanding of other people by …show more content…
Good introductions typically (a) capture your attention, (b) introduce and define key concepts, (c) presents the central thesis of the paper, and perhaps (d) outlines major topics in the rest of the article. To what extent did your article address each of these elements?
a) The first sentence caught my attention. I was interested most where racial color blindness was defined because I believe racial color blindness does indeed exist.
b) Color blindness was defined in the first sentence of the abstract. Racial color blindness is the belief that racial group membership should not be taken into account, or even noticed as a strategy for managing diversity and intergroup relations (Apfelbaum et al., 2012).
c) Introduction presents the thesis but not a central thesis. The introduction is highlighting points that lead to the central thesis.
d) Yes, “…the color-blind approach to race has become increasingly prevalent in a variety of important domains, from education and business to law and societal discourse.”
3. Literature reviews report findings from studies relevant to the article topic. Select one article described in the literature review and briefly describes the study and main