Race Still Matters: The Reality of African American Lives and the Myth of Postracial Society

Essays debunking the notion that contemporary America is a colorblind society.

More than half a century after the civil rights era of the mid-1950s to the late 1960s, American society is often characterized as postracial. In other words, that the country has moved away from prejudice based on skin color and we live in a colorblind society. The reality, however, is the opposite. African Americans continue to face both explicit and latent discriminations in housing, healthcare, education, and ...