Colorblind Ideology Summary

Others believe that interracial relationships lead to the acceptance of a colorblind ideology. A colorblind ideology is one that ignores racism, microaggressions, and institutionalized white privilege; it includes the denial of racial differences and racial systematic status. Vanessa Gonlin and Mary E. Campbell argue that minorities in interracial relationships are more likely to adopt colorblind ideologies. They are claiming that the individual will begin to minimize racism, microaggressions, and white privilege. The authors state that an increased amount of friendly and welcomed contact with someone of another race changes our beliefs as well as values. This is particularly true for interracial relationships because of the intimacy of a partnership.

the second season of Dear White People, we get another glimpse into Samantha and Gabe’s relationship. In Volume 2, Chapter VIII, the audience sees a new side to Gabe. Gabe is making a documentary about what white people can do to make to build a world in which all people receive the same opportunities, are treated the same, and there is not any unfair balance of power. Gabe sits down with Reginald, a survivor of on-campus police brutality, and asks for his side of the story. Reginald explains how hurt he was that campus police, while he was standing is a large crowd, only asked to see his ID and pulled a gun on him. Reginald says, “when the barrel of the gun stared right at me, I felt my humanity being stripped away from me.” Gabe replies with “I thought you only hear of these things in the news.” Gabe is able to publicize the hurt faced by black people when they are racially profiled. The police officer that assaulted Reginald does not receive any penalties, so Gabe helps organize a rally. Gabe urges white population to support their fellow students when they are being prosecuted by the very same people that are supposed to protect them. Due to his close relation to Samantha, Gabe begins to understand the struggles faced by minorities and attempts to fight against the institutionalized

In the episode, we see Samantha lethargically walks towards her room and finds an “X” on her door knob. She is suddenly ecstatic as the symbol is an invitation into the immensely selective and successful black Secret Society on her campus. The Society had been founded to help the small minority population at the university especially in the times of the Jim Crow Laws and directly after the Civil Rights Era. The Society only recognizes black students that it deems exceptional and that are tirelessly working to create a more welcoming and safer environment for minority students at the university (Chapter VIII). Dear White People shows that Samantha is rewarded for continuing to work as a black activist and is taken seriously