Rethinking Race In the Classroom 03/03/2009
 Since the election of President Barack Obama, much of the public's discourse around race speaks of a post-racial America. It is not uncommon for news headlines to ask us if these times represent The End of White America? or Does Race Matter? Newsweek's Allison Samuels extends this conversation by asking if Black History Month and classic novels such as Huck Finn and To Kill a Mocking Bird should be abolished in America's classrooms. CommentsA. Brown Wed, 04 Mar 2009 8:30:12 am President Obama does not represent the end of racism in America. Racism a belief system that's rooted in our history and was/is proliferated by social & personal experiences, and cannot be undone or forgotten with the election of a Black man. SO, there's still a place for those literary works because they represent a portion of American (and African-American) history, who we are, where we've been and where we need to go. Wed, 04 Mar 2009 9:45:44 am I agree. However, it does makes me wonder about those who contend that race is now defunct in America because of the election of a Black man. Its always shocking how one can reduce the experience of racism for a people based on the achievement of one man. Leave a Reply |  Dr. Rodney N. Trice
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