On her Facebook page, Tangelia Sinclair-Moore posted a link to the Psychology Today article Colorblind Ideology is a Form of Racism.

Racism? Strong words, yes, but let’s look the issue straight in its partially unseeing eye. In a colorblind society, White people, who are unlikely to experience disadvantages due to race, can effectively ignore racism in American life, justify the current social order, and feel more comfortable with their relatively privileged standing in society (Fryberg, 2010). Most minorities, however, who regularly encounter difficulties due to race, experience colorblind ideologies quite differently. Colorblindness creates a society that denies their negative racial experiences, rejects their cultural heritage, and invalidates their unique perspectives.
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The alternative to colorblindness is multiculturalism, an ideology that acknowledges, highlights, and celebrates ethnoracial differences. It recognizes that each tradition has something valuable to offer. It is not afraid to see how others have suffered as a result of racial conflict or differences.

We can see the same psychology today in a non-racial situation.  The bankers who made a fortune pushing mortgage traps on the unsuspecting and then taking their houses from them when the trap sprung, have a similar feeling today.

I can just hear the banker explaining the situation to the victim or the lawyer that the victim brings.

So what, you are homeless, I am going to be blind to your situation and treat you like everyone else.  I expect you to keep your promise to pay back the mortgage in full even though I did not keep my promise that when the phoney teaser rate ran out, you could just refinance your mortgage.  Was I supposed to tell you about the danger of accepting the deal that I was telling you was so good for you?  No hard feelings, but you did sign your name to this promise and I was smart enough to not put my promise to you in writing.  Is it my fault I had 20 years experience in the banking business and this was the first house you ever bought?  You should have done your 20 years of homework before you bought.

I bet that same banker would be irate if he found out that a shady mechanic bamboozled him to pay far more than he needed to to get his car fixed.  This might be the mechanic’s answer.

It’s not my fault that the banker knew nothing about mechanics.  Why didn’t the banker take a professional level course in auto mechanics before getting his car fixed?