One of Dr. Martin Luther King's most memorable quotes came from his famous “I have a dream” speech, which arguably called for a racially colorblind society. Today, colorblindness represents a complex ideology used in education, businesses, and governments, with both positive and negative implications for intergroup relations. On the one hand, colorblindness is used to promote fairness and equality between groups by asking people to ignore group membership and treat everyone the same. On the other hand, colorblindness serves a system-justifying function by holding minority groups responsible for their current disadvantages. The present research utilizes a nationally representative sample of majority group New Zealanders (N = 8,728) to examine the implications of colorblindness on support for policies that redress inequalities between the indigenous (Māori) and majority (European) population through resource redistribution and symbolic incorporation into the nation's identity. Additionally, we examine the indirect effect of system-justifying beliefs on the relationship between colorblindness and policy support. Data revealed that colorblindness predicted opposition toward both resource-based approaches to redress inequalities and symbolic policies that incorporate indigenous culture into the national identity. Importantly, there was a significant indirect effect of system-justifying beliefs on both outcomes. Taken together, these findings suggest that colorblindness can be used to undermine support for policies that redress inequalities between majority and minority groups in a post-colonial society.

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“我有一个色盲国家的梦想”？考察种族色盲、制度正当性和对纠正不平等政策的支持之间的关系

马丁路德金博士最令人难忘的名言之一来自他著名的“我有一个梦想”演讲，可以说是呼吁建立一个种族色盲社会。今天，色盲代表了一种用于教育、企业和政府的复杂意识形态，对群体间关系既有积极影响，也有消极影响。一方面，色盲被用来通过要求人们忽略群体成员并平等对待每个人来促进群体之间的公平和平等。另一方面，色盲通过让少数群体对其当前的劣势负责，从而起到了系统辩护的作用。本研究利用了具有全国代表性的多数群体新西兰人样本（N = 8，728）研究色盲对支持政策的影响，这些政策通过资源重新分配和象征性地融入国家身份来纠正土著（毛利人）和多数（欧洲）人口之间的不平等。此外，我们研究了系统证明信念对色盲和政策支持之间关系的间接影响。数据显示，色盲预示着反对以资源为基础的解决不平等的方法和将土著文化融入国家认同的象征性政策。重要的是，系统证明信念对这两种结果都有显着的间接影响。综合起来，