Week 9_Kenta Nishiyama_A03

From the reading, "Barack Obama as the post-racial candidate for a post-racial America: perspectives from Asian America and Hawai`i" done by Jonathan Y. Okamura, explains the trend of new society in the United States known as the post-racialism. As society is generally accepting the individual, not by those racial and ethnic groups, post-racial could be referred to as a post-racist, resulting from the removal of racism as a barrier to socio-economic mobility. It is interesting to know the features of the shift, which was the focus on the race and biological concern for the cultural differentiation and national identity. Some experts explain that race should not be categorized by as privilege and it is the results of oppression, struggle, and conflicts. Personally, I strongly agree about those expert`s statement and it is a key to breaks human rights. However, some people also believe that race is a primary maker of human difference,  collectivity, and solidarity. It expresses how each individual gets empower from their cultural aspects and performance. I was surprised the term when Barrack Obama was elected as a first African American " the president who happens to be Black rather than the Black presidents", it could be a
sort of reverse discrimination occurring in the post-racial society.

Okamura, J, Y. (2011). "Barack Obama as the post-racial candidate for a post-racial America: perspectives from Asian America and Hawai`i". Patterns of Prejudice. Retrieved from file:///C:/Users/Nishiyama/Downloads/Barack%20Obama%20as%20the%20post%20racial%20candidate%20for%20a%20post%20racial%20America%20perspectives%20from%20Asian%20America%20and%20Hawaii.pdf