+Strategic Colorblindness Scale

Goff, Jackson, Nichols, & Di Leone (2013)

Topic: Diversity-Related Beliefs

Instructions:

Measured on a 7-point Likert scale to capture participants’ beliefs about the value of enacting colorblindness; “higher scores indicate that one strongly believes that racial categorization has negative consequences;” Neville et. Al (2013) described this as a scale used to quantify color-evasion.

Response Options:  

1. Strongly disagree
2. Disagree
3. Somewhat disagree
4. Neither agree nor disagree
5. Somewhat agree
6. Agree
7. Strongly agree

Items:

1. Seeing people in terms of race contributes to racial tension for everyone.
2. Seeing people in terms of race breeds interracial mistrust and prejudice.
3. Seeing people in terms of race creates inequality among racial groups.
4. Categorizing people by race is in and of itself racist.
5. Seeing people in terms of race strips one of their individuality.
6. Seeing people in terms of race is an injustice.
7. Ending racial categorization would create a more just society.
8. Seeing people in terms of race leads to stereotyping.
9. Racism and prejudice are products of racial categorization.
10. Recognizing racial affiliations prevents the United States from moving towards a more socially just society.
11. Seeing people in terms of race is a significant hindrance to racial harmony.

Citation:

Link to PDF:

https://www.scirp.org/pdf/PSYCH_2013032908180998.pdf Links to an external site.

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