post-racial
adjective
post-ra·cial
ˌpōst-ˈrā-shəl 
variants
or less commonly postracial
: having overcome or moved beyond racism : having reached a stage or time at which racial prejudice no longer exists or is no longer a major social problem
And for all of the positive impact that Obama's presidency had on black people, it still could not make America the post-racial society many thought it would be after Obama's election.—
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Beliefs About The Glass Ceiling May Shift Obama’s election to the White House led many to believe that the U.S. had entered a post-racial era—one where Americans would increasingly make race-free judgments about their leaders.
—Corinne Post, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
Sure, Harris’ childhood probably wasn’t a post-racial dream, no more than former President Obama’s.
—Frank Shyong, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2024
This is the line that talking heads have proffered since Obama’s election by claiming the post-racial age.
—Jonathan Holloway, Foreign Affairs, 26 Jan. 2014
For much of his career, O.J. Simpson symbolized a post-racial America.
—NPR, 11 Apr. 2024
One exemplifies post-racial America—a Black professor, his white wife, and their biracial daughter—and the other is a troupe of caricatures in blackface.
—Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024
Hynes says the term transracial adoptee has had a controversial history, first originating in the 1960s when it was used by social workers and white adoptive parents who envisioned a post-racial society with a new colorblind paradigm.
—Sierra Lyons, Parents, 1 Dec. 2023
The film’s true insidiousness in propagating this myth lies in the fact that the post-racial concept doesn’t intend to decouple Oher from his Black identity.
—Gerald Nesmith, Essence, 1 Sep. 2023
In 2009, people were talking about a post-racial America.
—Abc News, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2023
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Corinne Post, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
Sure, Harris’ childhood probably wasn’t a post-racial dream, no more than former President Obama’s.
—Frank Shyong, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2024
This is the line that talking heads have proffered since Obama’s election by claiming the post-racial age.
—Jonathan Holloway, Foreign Affairs, 26 Jan. 2014
For much of his career, O.J. Simpson symbolized a post-racial America.
—NPR, 11 Apr. 2024
One exemplifies post-racial America—a Black professor, his white wife, and their biracial daughter—and the other is a troupe of caricatures in blackface.
—Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024
Hynes says the term transracial adoptee has had a controversial history, first originating in the 1960s when it was used by social workers and white adoptive parents who envisioned a post-racial society with a new colorblind paradigm.
—Sierra Lyons, Parents, 1 Dec. 2023
The film’s true insidiousness in propagating this myth lies in the fact that the post-racial concept doesn’t intend to decouple Oher from his Black identity.
—Gerald Nesmith, Essence, 1 Sep. 2023
In 2009, people were talking about a post-racial America.
—Abc News, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2023
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“Post-racial.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/post-racial. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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