Post Racial?: The Paradox of Color in 21st Century America

by Stephanie Robinson, Bakari Kitwana (With), Henry Louis Gates Jr. (Foreword)

The presidential campaign of Barack Obama electrified American voters like no election in decades - ushering in for many the post-racial era. More than ever, America seemed poised to leave its centuries-old racial dilemma on the pages of history. Post Racial gauges how this noble concept matches up to our contemporary reality. Looking forward to America's future elections, a prominent group of writers, activists, academics and media personalities gathered at Harvard Law School to offer a variety of provocative views on race in the age of Obama. Today, this insightful and hard-hitting discussion - powerfully presented here by Harvard Law lecturer and Tom Joyner Morning Show political commentator, Stephanie Robinson - is a timely and relevant racial barometer for how far we have come as a nation, and how far we have yet to go.

152 pages, Paperback

First published December 16, 2010