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Document Type
Book Chapter or Section
Publication Date
2014
Abstract
This chapter interrogates the reality of racism and white supremacy in what some today refer to as “the Obama era” and what others regard as evidence of a “post-racist America.” By utilizing an African-centered conceptual framework, centering on culture and worldview, this discourse constitutes a critical examination of the impossibilities of a post-racist America by investigating the lived experiences of African-descended people and other communities of color. Through this analysis, it will be evident that while we may be in “the Obama era,” we are far from a post-racist society. Thus, discussions of post-racism are assessed as conceptual masks used to conceal the philosophical and structural realities of global white supremacy as exemplified through continuous racist practices.
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Comments
This work was originally published in "In Race and the Obama Phenomenon: The Vision of a More Perfect Multiracial Union," edited by G. Reginald Daniel and Hettie Williams.