Daisy Hernandez

A Referendum on Race

Check out ColorLines.com for new commentary on the bogus claim of a post-racial America by Andrew Grant-Thomas of the Kirwan Institute. Here’s a snippet:

The post-racialism claim builds on the all-or-nothing approach Americans often take to making racial judgments. So President Bush’s tepid response to Hurricane Katrina revealed him to be a “racist,” but then his selection of several people of color to prominent cabinet posts proved that he is “not a racist.” Either Obama’s unprecedented achievement affirms what the Wall Street Journal calls the “myth of racism” or it is completely anomalous. Too often, we insist that race mean everything or nothing.

Posted at 10:32 AM, Jan 14, 2009 in Obama | Permalink | View Comments