Cited by 738Critical Race Theory in EducationEducation Discipline and InequalityRacial and Ethnic Identity Research

The DOI matches its Crossref record; 98 of the 98 references it cites were found in a registry or an index; 2 of the 64 sources its claims cite were checked for support.

Conceptualizing color-evasiveness: using dis/ability critical race theory to expand a color-blind racial ideology in education and society

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Annamma, Subini Ancy, Jackson, Darrell D., Morrison, Deb·2017·Race Ethnicity and Education

Abstract

Uses a Dis/ability Critical Race Theory framework to expand critique of color-blind ideology.

Overview

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TL;DR

The paper argues that the racial ideology commonly called color-blindness should be reconceived as color-evasiveness, because the blindness metaphor equates lack of sight with ignorance and hides the active, systemic avoidance of race. Using CRT and DisCrit, it reviews legal and education scholarship extending Gotanda’s critique and proposes color-evasiveness as a more intersectional framework for dismantling white supremacy.

Key findings

  • Gotanda’s critique identified five themes: public-private distinction, non-recognition of race, racial categories as immutable facts, formal-race and unconnectedness, and racial social change; the authors argue these remain foundational but are constrained by the term color-blindness.
  • Legal scholarship extending Gotanda emphasized historical ignorance, social acceptance of racial symbolism, and legal immorality; education scholarship, especially Williams and Land, linked color-blind ideology to standardized testing and academic tracking that legitimize white cultural knowledge.
  • The literature search reviewed 195 articles and included 13 (12 law, 1 education); Gotanda’s 1991 article had over 1,400 Google Scholar citations, and a color-blindness search returned over 36,000 results.
  • The proposed color-evasiveness framework resists ableist metaphor, treats racism as multimodal, situates inequities historically and systemically, values counter-narratives, and questions the assumed goodness of ignoring race.

Methods

  • Conceptual and literature review. Searched Westlaw, LexisNexis, and HeinOnline for “critique of color blindness” and variants, yielding 97 law articles; searched ERIC for “color blind analysis” and variants, yielding 98 education articles; reviewed 195 total.
  • Inclusion criteria: articles from 1991–2015 that theoretically expanded Gotanda’s critique; excluded book reviews, books, dissertations, medical color-blindness, and works merely citing or applying color-blindness. Final set: 13 articles (12 law, 1 education).
  • Analysis synthesized legal and education expansions, then used CRT and DisCrit as a conceptual framing to develop color-evasiveness.

Limitations

  • Stated: the authors aimed to examine theoretical extensions of Gotanda, not all work using color-blindness; they note the far-reaching impact and selective inclusion. They also report no conflict of interest.
  • Evident from the text: the review is limited to law and education databases and specific search terms; only one education article met inclusion criteria, so education coverage is thin. The paper is conceptual and presents no empirical test of color-evasiveness.

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Registry

Crossref · 10.1080/13613324.2016.1248837

Cites

98 of 98 references verified0 citation errors · 0 not checkable

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Claims the paper makes

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  • Probably not a substantial claim. 37
  • It may state two separate claims as one. 31
  • The quote only partly states this claim. 2
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    Inability to see is not ignorance.

    “However, inability to see is not ignorance; in fact, blindness provides unique ways of understanding the world to which sighted people have no access.”
  • The paper relies on this without support.

    Blindness provides unique ways of understanding the world to which sighted people have no access.

    “However, inability to see is not ignorance; in fact, blindness provides unique ways of understanding the world to which sighted people have no access.”
  • The paper relies on this without support.

    Blind people are knowers.

    “Blind people are knowers.”
  • The paper relies on this without support.

    Race is a social construction.

    “The same people who recognize race as a social construction often overlook that dis/ability labeling is the result of similar (but not exactly the same) social processes, ignore the ways race and ability are socially constructed in tandem, and equate difference with deficit (Erevelles and Minear 2010).”
  • The paper relies on this without support.

    People of color are always fighting the erasure of their lived experiences, their very right to exist.

    “People of color are always fighting the erasure of their lived experiences, their very right to exist.”
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Authors
Annamma, S. A., Jackson, D. D., & Morrison, D.
Affiliations
  • University of Kansas (US)
  • University of Wyoming (US)
  • University of Washington (US)
Corresponding author
Annamma, Subini Ancy
Venue
Race Ethnicity and Education
Published
2016-11-11
Volume
20
Issue
2
Pages
147-162
ISSN
  • 1361-3324 (ISSN-L)
  • 1470-109X
OpenAlex
W2556989739
Cited by
738
References
93
Citations by year
2026: 68 · 2025: 112 · 2024: 102 · 2023: 124 · 2022: 113 · 2021: 101 · 2020: 60 · 2019: 41 · 2018: 12 · 2017: 5
FWCI
55.15
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
Race Ethnicity and Education (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • U.S. Department of Education
  • University of Notre Dame
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Critical Race Theory in Education
  • Social Sciences › Education › Education Discipline and Inequality
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
Keywords
white supremacy, racial ideology, disability studies, race and education

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