By: Deborah Mathis
It has become a hot new topic, popular among the talk show pundits in the wake of Barack Obama’s election: We have entered a post-racial era.
That supposedly means that the country has moved beyond race; that race is no longer a significant motivator in how people, or institutions, think of or treat other people.
If only. One leap forward – even a gigantic leap like the emergence of the first black president – does not a cure make for this universally human, but quintessentially American, disease. President Obama has closed a huge gap. But there are many others, and millions languish – or agonize – in those yawning chasms.
So, let them flesh this out. I want to hear more of what this purported post-racial society is about. It must be explained to those of us who worked for, prayed for, waited for and witnessed change but don’t share the confidence of those who think the hating days and hating ways are behind us.
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