Post-racial America
Post-racial America is a theoretical environment where the United States is devoid of racial preference, discrimination, and prejudice. Some Americans believed that the election of Barack Obama as President and wider acceptance of interracial marriage signified that the nation had entered this state,[1] while others believe that groups such as the Tea Party movement prove it has not.[2] In January 2010 the Pew Research Center conducted a poll in conjunction with National Public Radio that indicated that 39% of persons of African-American descent felt they were in a better position than they had been five years ago, an increase of 19% from the previous poll taken in 2008. [3] Actor and director Mario Van Peebles made a television documentary titled Fair Game that challenged the idea that the United States had become a post-racial society.[4]
References
- ↑ Haq, Husna. (June 4, 2010). Interracial marriage: more than double the rate in the 1980s. Christian Science Monitor.
- ↑ Dwyer, Devin. (May 25, 2010). Post-Racial America? Not Yet, Civil Rights Legend Andrew Young Says. ABC News.
- ↑ Block, Melissa. (January 12, 2010). Poll: Post-Obama, Black Americans More Optimistic. All Things Considered. National Public Radio.
- ↑ Martin, Michael. (January 29, 2010). Mario Van Peebles On A 'Post-Racial' America. Tell Me More. National Public Radio.Honors109
Further reading
- Kaplan, H. Roy. (2011). The Myth of Post-Racial America: Searching for Equality in the Age of Materialism. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 1610480058.
- Parks, Gregory. Matthew Hughey. (2011). The Obamas and a (Post) Racial America? Series in Political Psychology. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0199735204.
- Rodgers, Walter. (January 5, 2010). A year into Obama’s presidency, is America postracial? Christian Science Monitor.
- Tesler, Michael. David O. Sears. (2010). Obama's Race: The 2008 Election and the Dream of a Post-Racial America. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 0226793834.