It’s possible I had come closer than I would like to admit to having been one of them.įor now, though, we have an internet where white people, sometimes posing as black people, can actively sow racial division, and a democracy, according to a recent Pew Research study, in which black and white adults have widely different perceptions about the fairness with which black Americans are treated. “A lot of colorblind ideology has been manifested online,” Dr.