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'Post-Racial' Proclamations Fizzle Fast

Gates incident, rise of birthers indicate issue's persistence

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 7, 2009 12:03 PM CDT

(Newser) – Barack Obama’s election was supposed to be a healing moment, proof that we’re in a post-racial America. “Didn’t last very long,” writes Roger Simon of Politico. Today America seems as racially divided as ever. Exhibit A: the birthers, who say...   Read full story »

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