tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425513675510613266.post2304123700981923334..comments2023-11-03T01:47:00.715-07:00Comments on Neil Altman's blog: Is this a post-racial society?Neil Altman's bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03027955126786885762noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425513675510613266.post-15141409907252665382008-09-28T10:24:00.000-07:002008-09-28T10:24:00.000-07:00From Susan BodnarOur society might be post-racial ...From Susan BodnarOur society might be post-racial but we haven't really finished being racial, yet. Just like post-modernism has tended to skip over essential human conflicts by developing a decidedly distance position from which to analyze, post-racism tends to convey a similar "as-if" analysis of race. Working out race does mean addressing the fact that people like to project their feelings, fears, and anxiety on black people because we have categorized black as different than white, and if black people internalize this they end up identifying with their role models. I think an Obama presidency can help challenge this vicious cycle - and it is a sign of hope for black people - and it is very threatening for white people - and black people deserve an ascendancy of this sort.Neil Altman's bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03027955126786885762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425513675510613266.post-61155219676186998352008-09-24T05:25:00.000-07:002008-09-24T05:25:00.000-07:00My friend Larry Siegel pointed out, backchannel, t...My friend Larry Siegel pointed out, backchannel, that one can certainly vote for Obama for reasons having nothing to do with race, without thereby denying that race and racism are still major factors in US society. Thanks for that, Larry; I guess I conflated the two.<BR/>I also was amused and embarrassed to note that I did not locate myself racially in the post, and that I presumed, to some extent, to speak for black people in speculating about why African-Americans would vote for Obama. I guess it shouldn't be surprising when we enact that which we are talking about, even to comdemn it. <BR/>NeilNeil Altman's bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03027955126786885762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425513675510613266.post-72988604384021370042008-09-23T22:30:00.000-07:002008-09-23T22:30:00.000-07:00Well said. For me, it raises the issue of how you...Well said. For me, it raises the issue of how young people are explaining the incarceration rates you cite if not through the lens of race and racism. It makes me worry that the racism inherent in the incarceration phenomenon is being rendered even more invisible and either completely disavowed or split off and stored somewhere else, even further away from the mainstream...quit wicked companyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01908876233191879666noreply@blogger.com