Purposeful and pernicious centuries-deep racial discrimination is real and we can't wish it away

Issac J. Bailey explains why he gave up on colorblindness

I realized I had to give up my quest for colorblindness when I stood slack-jawed as a Black school board member asked how we would know if racist policies and practices had been curtailed if we didn’t track disciplinary records, graduation rates and other statistics by race. I had no answer for him—there was no good answer. That was several years ago wh…