September 25, 2011
Class-Based Policies Are Not a Remedy for Racial Inequality
The election of Barack Obama seemed a harbinger of a postracial society, a powerful embodiment of a new, colorblind ethos, providing evidence that America had finally shed its racial baggage. For many people, the Obamas illustrated the argument that middle-class and affluent blacks had no need of race-based consideration and should be judged without regard to race.
That argument is not new, of course. The passage of legislation during and after the civil-rights era led to similar
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