How Do Blind People "See" Race? Much the Same as the Sighted Do, Research Shows

When Osagie Obasogie, Professor of Law and of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the University of California, set out to examine the differences between how the blind and the sighted "see" race, he came to a surprising conclusion: both are subject to the same visual cues and perceptions.  Both are socialized to "see" race in particular ways.  This astonishing observation calls into question our whole notion of what it means to be "colorblind" and how that notion influences our laws, public policies and culture.  

For more on the problems of aspiring to color blindness, look for Obasogie's Blinded by Sight: Seeing Race Through the Eyes of the Blind, coming this winter from Stanford University Press.