post-racial
adjective
post-ra·cial
ˌpōst-ˈrā-shəl 
variants
or less commonly postracial
: having overcome or moved beyond racism : having reached a stage or time at which racial prejudice no longer exists or is no longer a major social problem
And for all of the positive impact that Obama's presidency had on black people, it still could not make America the post-racial society many thought it would be after Obama's election.—
Kevin Cokley
Kevin CokleyExamples of post-racial in a Sentence
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For much of his career, O.J. Simpson symbolized a post-racial America.
—NPR, 11 Apr. 2024
One exemplifies post-racial America—a Black professor, his white wife, and their biracial daughter—and the other is a troupe of caricatures in blackface.
—Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024
Hynes says the term transracial adoptee has had a controversial history, first originating in the 1960s when it was used by social workers and white adoptive parents who envisioned a post-racial society with a new colorblind paradigm.
—Sierra Lyons, Parents, 1 Dec. 2023
The film’s true insidiousness in propagating this myth lies in the fact that the post-racial concept doesn’t intend to decouple Oher from his Black identity.
—Gerald Nesmith, Essence, 1 Sep. 2023
In 2009, people were talking about a post-racial America.
—Abc News, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2023
But instead of post-racial hope, the city is facing a new kind of racist violence.
—Noah Berlatsky, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2023
While the whole family delights in positioning themselves as liberal and post-racial (Rose's dad would have voted for Obama a third time!), there's a dark plot behind why Chris has been invited there in the first place.
—Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 31 July 2023
Without safeguards, this new minstrelsy will produce the inverse effect of the post-racial fallacy peddled during the Obama years.
—Jason Parham, WIRED, 21 July 2023
NPR, 11 Apr. 2024
One exemplifies post-racial America—a Black professor, his white wife, and their biracial daughter—and the other is a troupe of caricatures in blackface.
—Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024
Hynes says the term transracial adoptee has had a controversial history, first originating in the 1960s when it was used by social workers and white adoptive parents who envisioned a post-racial society with a new colorblind paradigm.
—Sierra Lyons, Parents, 1 Dec. 2023
The film’s true insidiousness in propagating this myth lies in the fact that the post-racial concept doesn’t intend to decouple Oher from his Black identity.
—Gerald Nesmith, Essence, 1 Sep. 2023
In 2009, people were talking about a post-racial America.
—Abc News, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2023
But instead of post-racial hope, the city is facing a new kind of racist violence.
—Noah Berlatsky, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2023
While the whole family delights in positioning themselves as liberal and post-racial (Rose's dad would have voted for Obama a third time!), there's a dark plot behind why Chris has been invited there in the first place.
—Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 31 July 2023
Without safeguards, this new minstrelsy will produce the inverse effect of the post-racial fallacy peddled during the Obama years.
—Jason Parham, WIRED, 21 July 2023
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“Post-racial.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/post-racial. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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