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Issues of race and racialization — the act of being seen as someone belonging to a particular race — are undeniably complex. Failure to see race or insistence that one “doesn’t see color” adds an insidious layer to social, economic, and political dynamics and can deny people of their identities. In his newest book, The Fear of Black Consciousness, leading scholar Lewis R. Gorden describes the problems this kind of thinking produces and the many creative responses from Black and non-Black communities in the struggle for dignity and freedom.