The Corporate Media Is Shamelessly Pretending Racism Died When Obama Got Elected

The elite white press corps has a myopic understanding of how racial inequality works. Their coverage has been squirm-inducing so far.

For those who don’t see racial inequity playing out every day in disparate joblessness, incarceration or mortality rates, the presence of a brown-skinned man in the White House means there’s no more structural work to be done; those struggling from now on have no excuse. Full Story »

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by Dwight Rousu - Mar. 1, 2009

Jackson captures the racism of the "mainstream" white press in their opining on the election of Obama.

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