Week 9_Harry Kang_A01

After reading Barack Obama as the post-racial candidate for a post-racial American: perspectives from Asian American and Hawai’i, I found the article very inspiring. As an international student from Asia, I really have a lot to say about this. I believe the day president Obama won the final election in 2008 still remain fresh in most of our memory. As a historic moment, I believe most people, especially those of stereotype minority like me, would find it extremely inspiring and probably believe that we can finally have our post-racial America. However, very disappointedly, although president Obama tried very hard during his presidency to eliminate racism through ways of making policies and speeches, etc., it just didn’t work out so well. Not even well enough to reduce racial discrimination in the US so much. Admittedly, the presidency of Barack Obama surely is a typical milestone in the US history of fighting racism, but only one non-white president is just not enough. The racial prejudice in America started centuries ago and has been deeply rooted in American culture even today. As a result, the fight just won’t stop so easily.

Question: Is there any policies made by president Obama that typically aimed to fight racism?

References:

Okamura, Y. J. (2011) Barack Obama as the post-racial candidate for a post-racial American: perspectives from Asian American and Hawai’i, 45:1-2, 133-153, DOI: 10.1080/0031322X.2011.563159

Foster, P. (2013) US race relations will worsen if economy doesn't improve, Barack Obama warns, https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/10207474/US-race-relations-will-worsen-if-economy-doesnt-improve-Barack-Obama-warns.html. [Accessed Mar 3 2019]