One of the most appealing features of the Barack Obama candidacy is the idea that Obama is "postracial" -- that he is a candidate who is black and does not practice the adversarial politics of Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Another nonstop subject of conversation at recent dinners has been about whether the country is entering a "postracial" period — the subject of the book Mr. Bobo is currently writing. ❋ Nancy Keates (2011)
We can excuse descriptions of America as "postracial" last year. ❋ Unknown (2010)
The term "postracial" was born from this appeal, the call to "prove" true a myth that Reverend William Alberts recently attacked as the "racism of equality," meaning that the presumption of equal access is racist. ❋ Jamie Holmes (2010)
THE WRONG WAY TO REFORM -- New York Times columnist Bob Herbert uses Fenty as Exhibit A in the hazards of neglecting the base: The idea that we had moved into some kind of postracial era was always a ridiculous notion. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Recent praise of America as "postracial" in outlets as prominent as the Wall Street Journal and the Los Angeles Times is less forgivable. ❋ Unknown (2010)
So, by now you have probably heard the jokes and fallout over MSNBC political pundit Chris Matthews 'infamous "postracial" comment. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Already a wave of black politicos -- Deval Patrick, Corey Booker, Jesse Jackson Jr. -- have raised a similar banner, and there is nothing "postracial," "postblack" or "transcendental" about it. ❋ Unknown (2009)
The "postracial" mantra implies an etiquette for crossover black leaders: don't parade too much love for your race; don't be so sensitive; and don't show too much anger. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Cosby's "postracial" middle-class Huxtables were an explicit attempt by him to stanch the downward pitch of black culture. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Everything I Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten Barack Obama's biggest selling point had been that he was the "postracial" candidate: a black man whose appeal transcended race. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Just as Kerry presented himself as a war hero when the reality turned out to be more, shall we say, nuanced, so Obama's claims of being a unifier and a "postracial" candidate have fallen apart with the revelation that his "spiritual mentor" is an anti-American and antiwhite reactionary. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Even more difficult, these pols say, is combating the media's tendency to oversimplify by labeling them "postracial" politicians (a term they all reject) and by casting them in opposition to their political forebears. ❋ Unknown (2007)
Alleged to be a Republican, Powell nonetheless endorsed the ultra-left Obama against the centrist McCain, proving that in Obamunist "postracial" politics, nothing trumps race. ❋ Unknown (2009)
An Obama Whitehouse is a significant step towards a [Postracial] America
or the less convincing...
"I am the face of Postracial America!"
~[Tracy Morgan] [Jan 11th], 2009. ❋ Strangehouse (2009)
An Obama [Whitehouse] is a significant step towards a Postracial America
or the less convincing...
"I am the face of Postracial America!"
~[Tracy Morgan] [Jan 11th], 2009. ❋ Strangehouse (2009)
