How does race function in formally colorblind contexts?

This was the central question tackled by an extraordinary array of interdisciplinary scholars at the 2009 CRS Symposium: Race in Colorblind Spaces.  In search of answers and ever better questions, panelists focussed on the following contexts in which colorblindness is the (legal) norm: universities, workplaces and employment, policing/law enforcement, and self-governance/voting.

In case you missed it, the very good news is that the sessions have been video recorded, archived, and made available to the public.  Selected session topics and links to the corresponding video follow below.  Links will open a video in Windows Media Player.

1.    Seeing Colorblindness
2.    Colorblind Consequences
3.    Bigger Pictures
4.    Colorblindness and Social Science: Are we Relevant to the Law?
5.    (Race-Conscious) Interventions

For more sessions, see generally: http://crsonline.law.ucla.edu/CRS_Program/Events/2009_Symposium/Agenda.

To access past CRS Symposia sessions online, visit the UCLA Library’s Electronic Reserves.

This event was put on by the Critical Race Studies Program at the UCLA School of Law.
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