I was addressing the whole statement. I only cut and pasted part of it just so you'd know what I was responding to. I personally hate to see whole entire quoted segments, it is a bit annoying to me, since I already had read the original statement. That is why I avoid doing it myself, if it is possible.
To my mind, the rest of the paragraph was essential to understanding what I was saying.
Of course, ultimately, we are all human beings. Race is only a construct with no biological or even cultural basis. But in this society, people get treated differently based on their perceived race. That's not the ideal, but it's the reality. When you say that you don't see color, only a human being, what you are saying is that you do not acknowledge these differences. We are NOT all equal. We should be, but we're not.
I once had a friend who told me that I was being racist for cheering the success of Michael Chang, the first Chinese-American professional tennis player. In his mind, we're not supposed to notice color and all tennis players were just tennis players. He could not see that his experience in the U.S. was full of positive role models - doctors, judges, athletes, artists, actors - that looked like him and sent the message that he could be anything. The message was so ubiquitous that he didn't have to even consciously think about it. I, otoh, grew up thinking that there was some unwritten rule that Chinese people could only be doctors and own restaurants and shops, because those were the only places that I saw them.
"I don't see color" fails to take into account that "race" influences people experiences. Treating people all the same when they are not is just as harmful as treating them differently when they're the same.