A black man is now the President of the United States of America.
Did Barack Obama’s inauguration trigger a new phase in our history?
Have we now become a “post-racial” America?
Or do the old bigotries still apply, perhaps shifting from one demographic to another as circumstances change and as events spark new fears and controversies?
Is it even possible for Americans – or any people – to achieve total color-blindness and obliviousness to race? Would that even be good thing?
These questions and many more on this episode of Fresh Outlook.
Studio Guests:
Rosa Clemente was the 2008 Vice-Presidential candidate with the Green Party. She is a community organizer, independent journalist and a hip-hop activist.
Richard Williams is a Professor in the Department of Sociology at Rutgers University. He is the author of "Hierarchical Structures and Social Value: The Social Construction of Black and Irish Identities in the U.S."
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