Chip and Joanna Gaines learn the pitfalls of saying they are "colorblind" when it comes to race

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The Fixer Upper and Magnolia Channel stars and their five kids appeared this week on former NFL star Emmanuel Acho's new YouTube show Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man, where they talked about teaching their kids not to see color up until a few weeks ago. "And then we started kind of pushing back on that, and I think our question to you is, I've heard other parents say that they want to raise their kids colorblind — in your opinion, what's the best way to move forward with this conversation?" Joanna Gaines asked Acho. "I think that it's best that we raise our kids to see color, because there's a beauty in color and there's a beauty in culture," Acho responded. As Maria Sherman points out, the idea that Chip and Joanna wouldn't see color seems outrageous since they are a mixed-race family (Joanna Gaines is of Korean, German and Lebanese descent).