Question

Two political commentators are debating the merits of affirmative action. One commentator argues that affirmative action should be eliminated now that there’s "an even playing field" for everyone. The other commentator replies, "The fact is that people who live in the white suburbs have advantages over blacks and Latinos in the city, just like they have advantages over poor people more generally." The second commentator’s argument against ending affirmative action is responding to which of the following tendencies of color-blindness?
a. the tendency of color-blindness to minimize the importance of the historical legacies of race-based structural inequalities
b. the tendency of color-blindness to rationalize group differences as a result of people’s cultures
c. the tendency of color-blindness to chastise people for claiming that they experience discrimination on a day-to-day basis
d. the tendency of color-blindness to invoke claims of equality that seem to be based on moral principles

Answer 1

Answer:

a. The tendency of color-blindness to minimize the importance of the historical legacies of race-based structural inequalities

Explanation:

Affirmative action accounts to the policies which supports the members of any disadvantaged group who have  suffered discrimination previously in  areas as employment, education or housing.  They are the policies towards the upliftment of these discriminated ethnic people.

In the context, the second commentator in his speech of ending the policies of affirmative actions shows negligence towards the importance of the legacy movement of the discriminated people in the past against the inequalities shown towards them.

Thus the answer is --

a. The tendency of color-blindness to minimize the importance of the historical legacies of race-based structural inequalities