Whiteness is implicated in the discourse of color-blind ideology because

a. color-blind ideology implicitly reinforces White cultural standards and practices as the norm.
b. color-blind ideology implicitly assumes cultural superiority of whiteness over other cultures.
c. color-blind ideology assumes there are no cultural differences.
d. color-blind ideology ignores the system of privilege and structural advantage sustained by whiteness.


a. color-blind ideology implicitly reinforces White cultural standards and practices as the norm.
b. color-blind ideology implicitly assumes cultural superiority of whiteness over other cultures.
d. color-blind ideology ignores the system of privilege and structural advantage sustained by whiteness.

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