Originally Posted by meembo

I don't believe that "color-blind society" means anything. It suggests an unfocused ideal, without specifying any benefit. Moreover, in the phrase, color is inferred to be a negative thing (something to which we need to be "blind"), which is ridiculous in and of itself.

The assumption is apparently that darker people (of "color) receive disproportionate benefits due to their "color". Lighter-skinned people should therefore resent and eradicate those benefits.

Of course, race, religion, and class issues are blithely ignored when one focuses on color.