From the overly confident commentary of pundits on CNN to the interview with the "average man in the street" to the whispered conversations between friends, the question on some folks minds and lips seems to be...aren't we post-racial...yet?
WOW! YES! It happened. You are not dreaming. You are seeing it in your lifetime. 40 years after the death of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., we have a black President elect of the United States. No matter your politics or who you actually voted for, you have to acknowledge the progress and social change Obama's presidency signals. But, what does it mean for race, class and even gender relations in the United States and abroad? How do we talk about race and its implications now? Barack's biography does not easily fit into the tired, worn categories we have erected around blackness and racial distinctiveness, so what does difference really mean?
These questions are important not only for those who make their living thinking, talking and writing about these issues but all of us living in and through this moment.
So, what do you think? Have we entered a post-racial era? What questions does Barack Obama's election raise for you?
Speak on it!
3 comments:
Good Evening all: Inspite of Barrack Obama winning the 2008 Presidential Election, I truly believe it is indeed time for us----African Americans to stop the discourse of slavery and oppression. First and foremost, we must be willing to forgive those who have held us captive to the wrongdoings of slavery. The 2008 Presidential election gives us hope as a race and as a nation of people that change is evident. We should not let our past keep us from realizing that what we do today will affect the lives of future generations. It is important that while acknowledging and honoring our past, we must pay homage to those who made sacrifices for us---so that we could live within a society which accepts us for who we are---and not what our skin color or racial ethnicity represents!
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Hey Everyone,
The election of Barack Obama as our nation's next president is certainly a start in moving us out of a post-racial era. Without a doubt history was made on November 4. Those Black people who blame the 'white man' for all their problems, no longer have any excuses. This historical event has empowered an entire race to endure the fight to the very end, knowing that we will one day be victorious.
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