Post Racial America Dbq

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Andrea Bjazevich
Ms. Booker
History 148
11/23/16

At no other time in our modern history has an event sparked the idea of a post racial society such as the election of our first African American President, Barack Obama. Many Americans believed this historic event would transcend race in America and that attitudes towards races would undergo a foundational change. Despite these high hopes and expectations, changes in societal views regarding race has not changed much at all, and our country continues to live in a racial era. Doc 1: Balkaran, Stephan. "Post Racial America in the Age of Obama." The Huffington Post 1 Apr. 2015. Accessed 25 Nov. 2016.

First, any discussion of race among Americans illicit a very cautious and
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If we want to resolve racism in American society, we need to admit that our country still holds roots of racism. We ended slavery and segregation years and years ago, but the damage created by our past still seeps into our future. As a country we need to admit that this problem of racism in our society still exist, and trying to burry it in the past will only set us back further. We need to be able to openly discuss racism and diversity in America, ending the taboo that currently surrounds …show more content…

It doesn’t work that way.

In this excerpt, written by Juan Santos during the time president Barack Obama was elected, is a strong opinion explaining that our country will not enter a post racial era during his presidency. Juan explains that obama isn't going to bring the new way of life that people are hoping for, but rather continuing by the old ways of life that bring oppression and negativity. In saying this he is trying to explain that if America wants to see the dream it has fought for, a new system must come into place, replacing the current, racist one we live by.
Doc 3: Fierro, Carlos. "Obama and the End of Racism?." Counter Punch 20 Nov. 2008. Accessed 25 Nov. 2016.

Many in the news media point to Obama’s win as evidence that there has been a drastic change in the racial landscape. To a degree this is true, especially when one considers the history of the US. For a country founded on genocide, slavery, and theft to elect a black man president is an astounding moment. Considering that the US was one of the last nations to have in place an institutionalized system of apartheid the symbolic significance of the election of Obama cannot be

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