http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/06/23/an-unsettling-peek-into-the-heart-of-america%e2%80%99s-darkness%e2%80%94a-review-of-danzy-senna%e2%80%99s-where-did-you-sleep-last-night-a-personal-history/ A civil rights blog promoting informed discourse on issues of race, justice, equality and democracy. Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:11:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/06/23/an-unsettling-peek-into-the-heart-of-america%e2%80%99s-darkness%e2%80%94a-review-of-danzy-senna%e2%80%99s-where-did-you-sleep-last-night-a-personal-history/comment-page-1/#comment-2063 omron blood monitor Wed, 16 Dec 2009 09:24:33 +0000 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/?p=8644#comment-2063 Moreover, I wondered what the public's reaction would've been had obama called himself a white-man instead of a black-man. So is bi-racial the same as black? I asked. Racial is not being honest and only continuing what has been wrong all this time. See the white elephant? let's talk about it. I have noticed something interesting happening whenever you bring up issues of race since obama's election that I would like to coin "pulling the post-racial card:" blacks and whites a like claiming that issues of race are no longer relevant topics of discussion because electing the black guy with the funny name proves america isn't a racially divided society anymore. Moreover, I wondered what the public’s reaction would’ve been had obama called himself a white-man instead of a black-man. So is bi-racial the same as black? I asked.
Racial is not being honest and only continuing what has been wrong all this time. See the white elephant? let’s talk about it. I have noticed something interesting happening whenever you bring up issues of race since obama’s election that I would like to coin “pulling the post-racial card:” blacks and whites a like claiming that issues of race are no longer relevant topics of discussion because electing the black guy with the funny name proves america isn’t a racially divided society anymore.

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