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The "post-racial" problem
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Mithras thinks Obama’s “post-racial” rhetoric is brilliant politics: Nearly every presidential election in my lifetime has been won by the campaign which best allayed white people’s fears, and made themselves feel good about themselves. [...] Feeling good about themselves is what Obama offers white voters. And they don’t have to do much to get that feeling - all they have to do is support him. The number one applause line in Obama’s speeches is not about the war, not about the economy, not about a new kind of politics - it’s the line about how different people have come together in this movement for change.
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