Recognizing and acknowledging ‘color-blind’ racism By explaining Bonilla-Silva’s framework of color-blind racism this article aims to call attention to the fact that racism and race-based discrimination have changed over time. Despite the presence of a rule of law and a plethora of non-discrimination legislation, through subtle – seemingly nonracial – narratives, processes of racialization and racism can still continue to exist. By linking this framework to the importance of contextualizing and acknowledging the inequalities embedded within Dutch liberal democracy, the article illustrates how current day ‘color-blind racism’ is inextricably connected to the Dutch colonial history of slavery.