Obama and Myths of Racial Democracy
by Guest Contributor Marisol LeBron, originally published at NACLA (North American Congress on Latin America)
Political pundits have celebrated president-elect Barack Obama’s sweeping and historic victory as evidence that the United States has taken an initial step toward a “post-racial” or “colorblind” society.
In a recent Los Angeles Times Op-Ed, Shelby Steele provocatively asked, “Doesn’t a black […]



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