Isn't it a double-edged sword?

If someone is focusing on seeing color, why won't they both think "gosh, the playing field is not the same for Vena as me, and that's not fair," and also, "gosh, Vena probably went to lousy under-funded schools (not her fault, but still...) so she probably can't handle anything intellectual".

In contrast, the alternative would be: "Oh, that's Vena. I wonder what she's like? Let's get to know her."

Maybe we've made such progress against racism already that we don't actually need to worry about encouraging people to avoid stereotyping right away: they already won't, and what's left to address is whether they attend to systemic problems or ignore them.

If that's true, it's quite encouraging.

But if it's not true, then I think it's worth fully considering what the point of the admonition to "not see color" was originally, and doing that idea more justice when arguing against it. Because although I see your point, it also seems like a tradeoff to me, and it's not clear to me that it's better for the tradeoff to go in the "see color" direction.