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Postracialism or Targeted Universalism?
After the election of
the first African-American U.S. president, many ascribe to the notion of
"postracialism" as a kind of positive race blindness and assert that
focusing on race-specific programs or talking about race is divisive. To
the contrary, a false universal approach to public programs, such as
those of the New Deal, Veterans Affairs, Social Security Act, and GI
Bill illustrate, reveals many inequities. To keep this conversation
alive, advocates need to learn about structural racialization and
implicit bias.
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