@Hypsplease I accept that you mean well, i.e. no discrimination. I’m saying when people use that phrase, it’s not minorities that use it --We hear white folks telling us: everyone is on a level playing field, when the whistle blows, you all run for the home plate.
When we hear “race blind society” we hear people ignoring the fact that the majority are mostly sitting on third base while lots of people of color are still standing on first base or even the batter’s box.
We fear people turning a blind eye to profound racial disparities in our society. Think about the President’s election and how people fantasized about a “post-racial” society. Then think about the blow back against brown people (immigrants and people of color) in the broader white society that bubbled to the surface afterward. While the words may seem like a laudable ideal, they’re draped in something else to me – your race doesn’t matter and we’re all equal so stop complaining. I’d love to see real equality in my lifetime.