▁school ; ▁ 4 0 ▁percent ▁more ▁likely ▁to ▁become ▁a ▁te en ▁parent ; ▁ 5 0 ▁percent ▁more ▁likely ▁to ▁be ▁placed ▁in ▁special ▁education ; ▁ 6 0 ▁percent ▁more ▁likely ▁never ▁to ▁attend ▁college ; ▁ 7 0 ▁percent ▁more ▁likely ▁to ▁be ▁arrested ▁for ▁a ▁violent ▁crime ; ▁and ▁ 3 0 ▁percent ▁of ▁poor ▁children ▁score ▁very ▁low ▁on ▁early ▁reading ▁skills , ▁compared ▁to ▁only ▁ 7 ▁percent ▁of ▁children ▁from ▁moder ate - ▁or ▁high - in come ▁families ." ▁ ▁Academ ic ▁writers ▁are ▁often ▁critics ▁of ▁color - bl ind ness . ▁For ▁example , ▁Amy ▁Ans ell ▁of ▁B ard ▁College ▁arg ues ▁that ▁color - bl ind ness ▁oper ates ▁under ▁the ▁assumption ▁that ▁we ▁are ▁living ▁in ▁a ▁world ▁that ▁is ▁" post - race ", ▁where ▁race ▁no ▁longer ▁matters . ▁While ▁the ▁ideal ▁that ▁race ▁should ▁not ▁" m atter ", ▁critics ▁say , ▁is ▁certainly ▁not ▁a ▁bad ▁thing , ▁the ▁problem ▁lies ▁in ▁as ser ting ▁that ▁race ▁should ▁not ▁be ▁taken ▁into ▁consideration ▁even ▁when ▁trying ▁to ▁address ▁inequality ▁or ▁rem edy ▁past ▁wrong s . ▁ ▁Abstract ▁liberal ism ▁" abstract s ▁and ▁de context ual izes " ▁them es ▁from ▁political ▁and ▁economic ▁liberal ism , ▁such ▁as ▁mer it ocracy ▁and ▁the ▁free ▁market , ▁to ▁argue ▁against ▁the ▁strong ▁presence ▁of ▁rac ism . ▁It ▁is ▁also ▁often ▁used ▁in ▁discuss ions ▁of ▁aff irm ative ▁action . ▁The ▁principle ▁of