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post-racial
[ pohst-rey-shuhl ]
adjective
- characterized by the absence of racial discord, discrimination, or prejudice previously or historically present:
post-racial politics;
the post-racial era.
Word History and Origins
Origin of post-racial1
Example Sentences
At the time, Stephanopoulos had said with certainty, "There is no question this is the beginning — this is the first election of the future. I think we are moving towards a post-racial America."
The veteran “Daily Show” host, who returned to the Comedy Central desk as interim host in February, looked back at the “post-racial” proclamations ABC News pundit George Stephanopoulos made when Barack Obama won the presidency in 2008 and Bill O’Reilly’s remarks on Fox News about a GOP pivot on Hispanic voters when Obama was reelected in 2012.
He may not have been thinking transracially, but that writing was on the wall: Precisely because the United States is more complex racially and ethnically than institutional color-coding comprehends, we should be working overtime to advance principles, habits, and bonds that transcend racial groupism in a civic culture that’s thick enough to thrive in on post-racial terms.
“We are so far away from being a post-racial society,” Ramakrishnan said, “but there does seem to be greater social acceptability for Hindus and Indians with distinctive names to run for office.”
Sure, Harris’ childhood probably wasn’t a post-racial dream, no more than former President Obama’s.
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