In Colorblind Tools, author Marzia Milazzo examines a paradigm-shifting analysis of anti-Black racism, focusing on how claims of “colorblindness” allow white supremacy to regenerate while obscuring its violence. The book pushes back against theories overemphasizing historical change, drawing critical connections across global case studies from the colonial era through today. The book is divided into three parts: (1) The Making of White Nations, (2) The Ongoing Race to Silence Race, and (3) Decolonial Imaginaries and Colorblind Logics. The introduction titled “The Master’s Colorblind Tools” is an excellent overview that both shocks and surprises as it provides the reader with a thorough understanding of the heavy subject that Marzia deals with in the book. The introduction resonates powerfully in the current moment as it brings to the fore publicized cases of anti-Blackness such as the police murder of George Floyd, which triggered a wave of Black Lives Matter protests across...

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