▁As ▁art ic ulated ▁by ▁U . S . ▁Chief ▁Justice ▁John ▁Roberts , ▁" The ▁way ▁to ▁stop ▁disc rim ination ▁on ▁the ▁basis ▁of ▁race , ▁is ▁to ▁stop ▁disc rimin ating ▁on ▁the ▁basis ▁of ▁race ." ▁ ▁In ▁Social ▁I ne quality ▁and ▁Social ▁Str at ification ▁in ▁US ▁Society , ▁Christopher ▁Do ob ▁writes ▁that ▁" color - bl ind ▁rac ism " ▁represents ▁ ▁" wh ites ' ▁assertion ▁that ▁they ▁are ▁living ▁in ▁a ▁world ▁where ▁ra cial ▁privile ge ▁no ▁longer ▁exists , ▁but ▁their ▁behavior ▁“ support s ” ▁ra cial ized ▁structures ▁and ▁practices ". ▁ ▁The ▁soci ologist ▁Edu ardo ▁Bon illa - Sil va ▁has ▁described ▁four ▁" frames " ▁that ▁he ▁says ▁guide ▁color - bl ind ▁thinking . ▁According ▁to ▁Bon illa - Sil va , ▁abstract ▁liberal ism ▁is ▁the ▁most ▁important ▁of ▁these ▁frames ▁and ▁forms ▁the ▁foundation ▁of ▁color - bl ind ▁ide ology . ▁This ▁involves ▁inv oking ▁“ abstract ” ▁ideas ▁such ▁as ▁" equal ▁opportunity " ▁and ▁" ind ividual ▁choice " ▁while ▁oppos ing ▁“ con crete ” ▁propos als ▁to ▁“ reduce ” ▁inequality . ▁This ▁perspective ▁tends ▁to ▁“ ignore ” ▁the ▁“ under - re presentation ” ▁of ▁people ▁of ▁color ▁in ▁pr estig ious ▁jobs ▁and ▁schools , ▁along ▁with ▁institution al ▁practices ▁that ▁encou rage ▁seg reg ation . ▁Natural ization ▁is ▁used ▁by ▁whites ▁to ▁explain ▁ra cial ▁seg reg ation ▁( including ▁self - se