| ID | 102126 |
| Title Proper | On post-racial America in the age of Obama |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Gautier, Amina |
| Publication | 2011. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Amina Gautier reflects on her childhood tendency to ask when, not if, there would be a black president. Growing up in the post-civil rights era, she was influenced by knowledge of earlier presidential bids by African Americans as well as references to the idea of a black president in popular culture, including television programs of the 1970s and 1980s that often saw adult characters project the ability to run for office onto black youth. However, Gautier cautions against conflating Barack Obama's historic election to president with the beginning of a "post-racial" era. She uses a personal experience of racial insensitivity to observe the distance we have yet to go before we are truly post-anything. |
| `In' analytical Note | Daedalus Vol. 140, No. 1; Winter 2011: p.90-94 |
| Journal Source | Daedalus Vol. 140, No. 1; Winter 2011: p.90-94 |
| Key Words | Post - Racial America ; Black President ; Post - Civil Rights ; Barack Obama ; America |