NPR on Post-Racial America
NPR on Post-Racial America Some of the themes touched on include, but are not limited to: the social construction of race and racial disparities race, power, and institutions the racialization of opportunity structures in the stimulus packages of the 1930s and the new millenium colorblind ideology language that bridges the color divide Here is a more detailed description of the 20 minute segment: Description President Barack Obama is the country's first African-American president. For some, his victory has ushered in a post racial era in which there is less need for Americans to talk about race. But not everyone agrees. Professor and commentator Boyce Watkins, author Shelby Steele and John Powell, of the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity at Ohio State University, discuss whether a post-racial America really exists. Some Notable Quotes (chosen at my discretion) Shelby Steele : "what it means to me, a post-racial society, is a society where race is no longer ...