Generally speaking, “color blindness” is considered the best way to approach the racial problem. This concept is revealed and discussed in Paul Beatty's novel, "The White Boy Shuffle." The novel depicts the life story of a young African-American Gunnar which primarily focuses on his experiences and identity in different places. In the part of Gunnar's childhood life in Santa Monica, where he is surrounded primarily by white individuals, he is continually indoctrinated by the idea of ​​"color blindness" which is widely advocated by people in that community in order to alleviate racism. However, with a massive exposition of the ideology of "color blindness" and its application in the mixed-race mulatto primary school Mongrel, the novel approaches color blindness as not a practical method for dealing with racism by showing the uncomfortable contradictions that he creates between the methodology of ignorance of “colors” and the detectable vision of colors. human nature. Based on Gunnar's encounters in the novel, the widespread use of the concept of "color blindness" will not change people's and society's perspective toward races of color. The superficial and ineffective nature of this idea highlights the difference between the races. Implicitly, it is a new mode of racism. The only way to eliminate color-related issues is to recognize the difference between races and merge all into one homogenous group. The novel first shows the idea of ​​"color blindness" by featuring a teacher's T-shirt, the T-shirt has words on it. "black", "white", "red", "yellow", "brown" and "human", meaning that skin color is an ignorable fact according to the definition of being human. (28) To make this idea seem compelling to students, Ms. Cegeny addresses it by writing “Eracism – The sun does not care about your color… in the middle of a paper… its sacrifice is necessary. These two words indicate the current state of transformation of our society. The process may be painful, but the result will be worth it. The final balance between individuals can be achieved by recognizing difference without dividing races like harmonious gray elephants. These passages are based on Gunnar's developing understanding and insight into color blindness. From a believer to a critic, from a listener to a questioner, from the discussion above incorporated, this novel refutes the effectiveness of colorblindness and illustrates the new type of racism it creates. Finally, through Gunnar's readings about black and white elephants, he advocated the idea of ​​combing and binding instead of dividing. Works Cited Beatty, Paul. The White Boy Shuffle, Henry Holt and Company: New York, 1996. Print.