Post-Racial

The desire to believe that we now live in a post-racial society is extremely problematic. Believing we have arrived at the doorstep of a post-racial society and that the suffocating reach of racism no longer infiltrates the lives of the masses is desirable albeit untrue. It seems that, collectively, we are suffering from race fatigue, tired of the difficult conversations, and issues we must deal with when our biases and true feelings are uncovered. However,fatigue is not an excuse to ignore the impact of racism and its far reaching impact. Also, asking those who have been historically categorized as different to ignore the impact that history has had on the formation of identity is troublesome. Also, if in this post-racial utopia we are still ignoring the way that whiteness is normalized as the dominant mode of thinking, then we are simply lying to ourselves about moving towards real change. I am all for moving in the direction where one humanity can be uplifted. However, the goal is to not expect those who may be different to ignore that difference for the comfort of acceptance.