Bringing race to the forefront
By Sally Lehrman | Sunday, March 23, 2008 | The Boston Globe
“…With his speech Tuesday, Senator Barack Obama invited the nation to ‘go beyond’ race. But he didn’t try to go ‘postracial,’ make us colorblind, or ‘transcend race’ by stuffing our history under the mattress. Instead, Obama confronted us with the wretched residue of Jim Crow – and then asked us to move on.
Indeed, a long string of research by social scientists makes it clear that we can’t just make race go away. Burying this country’s history of discrimination won’t do it. Electing a mixed-heritage president won’t do it. All the good intentions in the world won’t do it. But the approach that Obama took Tuesday could very well point the way….”…BS
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