▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁Ans ell ▁expected ▁to ▁see ▁a ▁significant ▁difference ▁in ▁the ▁manifest ation ▁of ▁color - bl ind ness ▁in ▁both ▁countries . ▁The ▁thirty - year ▁time ▁difference ▁between ▁the ▁departure ▁from ▁Jim ▁Crow ▁and ▁c ess ation ▁of ▁apart heid ▁and ▁differences ▁in ▁ra cial ▁strat ification ▁and ▁levels ▁of ▁pover ty ▁also ▁led ▁Ans ell ▁to ▁expect ▁a ▁clear ▁difference ▁between ▁the ▁color bl ind ness ▁ide ology ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁and ▁South ▁Africa . ▁However , ▁she ▁con cludes ▁that ▁while ▁color - bl ind ness ▁st ems ▁from ▁two ▁very ▁different ▁orig ins ▁in ▁the ▁two ▁countries , ▁the ▁current ▁structure ▁of ▁color - bl ind ness ▁in ▁the ▁two ▁countries ▁is ▁nearly ▁identical . ▁ ▁Vor auer , ▁G agn on , ▁and ▁S as aki , ▁exam ined ▁the ▁effect ▁that ▁messages ▁with ▁a ▁color - bl ind ▁ide ology ▁had ▁on ▁white ▁Canad ians ▁entering ▁one - on - one ▁interactions ▁with ▁Ab original ▁Canad ians . ▁White ▁Canad ians ▁who ▁heard ▁messages ▁emphas izing ▁color - bl ind ▁ide ology ▁were ▁much ▁more ▁likely ▁to ▁be ▁concerned ▁with ▁ens uring ▁the ▁subsequent ▁interaction ▁did ▁not ▁go ▁badly ▁and ▁were ▁more ▁likely ▁to ▁be ▁host ile , ▁un com fort able , ▁nerv ous , ▁self - crit ical , ▁and ▁uncertain . ▁White ▁participants ▁who ▁heard ▁messages ▁emphas izing ▁mult icult ural ▁ide ology , ▁or ▁the ▁valu ing ▁of ▁people ' s ▁differences , ▁asked ▁more ▁positive ▁questions