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I think “Post-racial society” and “declaring victory” are probably not helpful memes.
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It appears that somewhere on the road to this imaginary post-racial destination that President Obama's election was supposed to magically catapult us to, that our country has made a few weird turns along the way and instead of ending up in Post-racial Land, (which is as mythical as Dorothy's Oz) we have ended up in Obsessed-With-Racial Land.
Keli Goff: Redefining "Racist" in the Rather Complicated Age of Obama 2010
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Post-racial should mean, among other things, that no people and no community should ever feel that they can lose their life anytime they cross paths with a police officer because that police officer, regardless of race or creed, views that people or that community as a menace to society, as animalistic, as not worthy of basic human love and respect.
Kevin Powell: Barack One Year Later: Open Letter to Young America 2010
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Post-racial should mean, among other things, that no people and no community should ever feel that they can lose their life anytime they cross paths with a police officer because that police officer, regardless of race or creed, views that people or that community as a menace to society, as animalistic, as not worthy of basic human love and respect.
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It appears that somewhere on the road to this imaginary post-racial destination that President Obama's election was supposed to magically catapult us to, that our country has made a few weird turns along the way and instead of ending up in Post-racial Land, which is as mythical as Dorothy's Oz we have ended up in Obsessed-With-Racial Land.
Keli Goff: Redefining "Racist" in the Rather Complicated Age of Obama Keli Goff 2010
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It appears that somewhere on the road to this imaginary post-racial destination that President Obama's election was supposed to magically catapult us to, that our country has made a few weird turns along the way and instead of ending up in Post-racial Land, (which is as mythical as Dorothy's Oz) we have ended up in Obsessed-With-Racial Land.
Redefining "Racist" in the Rather Complicated Age of Obama 2010
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First of all, you can't really get to Post-racial.
Rush and "O" Steven Barnes 2009
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The fact that everyone is up in arms about something that was totally common a generation ago is about as "Post-racial" as you're going to get.
Rush and "O" Steven Barnes 2009
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People squawked: "where is this Post-racial America?"
Rush and "O" Steven Barnes 2009
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"Post-racial" implies that we have to understand that there isn't ONLY black and white that define American social relations.
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