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> ... in the same America that Beatty mines for “The Sellout.” It’s an America where many have, in Beatty’s words, turned the page and moved on. Consider these works, then, as attempts to wrestle with the paradox of the Obama years, and particularly the false triumphalism of some new, supposedly “post-racial” order.
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#ObamaYears #PostRacial #USARacism

"Let’s take that number-one narrative, which is I was taught to treat everyone the same. You know, actually no one was - or could be taught to treat everyone the same. We can’t do it. We don’t do it."

"A white progressive generally believes niceness is all that it takes. As long as I’m nice and friendly, I’m finished. And niceness not only is not courageous. But niceness is not going to get racism on the table."

NPR’s Jennifer Ludden talks to author Robin DiAngelo about her book, "White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard For White People To Talk About Racism": https://www.npr.org/2018/08/18/639822895/robin-diangelo-on-white-peoples-fragility

#progressives #liberals #colorBlind #colorBlindness #colours #postRacial #fragility #respectability #domination #boundaries #sociology #coloniality #entitlement #whiteness #psychology #whiteFragility #quote #quotes #book #DemocraticParty #VoteBlue #KamalaHarris #ColorLine

#KamalaHarris practices the #postracial #politics we’ve been waiting for;
The #HarrisWalz ticket may rescue #diversity from shallow "DEI" protocols

https://www.salon.com/2024/08/23/kamala-harris-practices-the-post-racial-weve-been-waiting-for/