the color blind gene comes from color vision deficiency.
the color blind gene comes from color vision deficiency.
where does the color blind gene come from?
color vision deficiency
protanopia, deuteranopia, protanomaly, and deuteranomaly are commonly inherited forms of red-green color blindness which affect a substantial portion of the human population. those affected have difficulty with discriminating red and green hues due to the absence or mutation of the red or green retinal photoreceptors. it is sex-linked: genetic red-green color blindness affects males much more often than females, because the genes for the red and green color receptors are located on the x chromosome, of which males have only one and females have two. females (xx) are red-green color blind only if "both" their x chromosomes are defective with a similar deficiency, whereas males (xy) are color blind if their single x chromosome is defective.
color blindness
eduardo bonilla-silva argues that color blind racism arises from an "abstract liberalism, biologization of culture, naturalization of racial matters, and minimization of racism". color blind practices are "subtle, institutional, and apparently nonracial" because race is explicitly ignored in decision-making. if race is disregarded in predominantly white populations, for example, whiteness becomes the normative standard, whereas people of color are othered, and the racism these individuals experience may be minimized or erased. at an individual level, people with "color blind prejudice" reject racist ideology, but also reject systemic policies intended to fix institutional racism.









































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