White blindness — an important blind spot? 

Given former President Trump’s weird claim that Vice President Kamala Harris only recently identified as Black, I thought it might be interesting to discuss the concept of white blindness.

One must ask oneself, is racism invisible to white people? Consider this: A white colleague and I used to have mock contests between Boston (where he lived) and New York. I said, “While I would never say New York is perfect, at least it’s less racist than Boston.” He protested, “I don’t agree with you.