Week 9_Bryan Joseph Magaline A02

In Jonathan Y. Okomura journal about Barrack Obama as the post-racial candidate for a post-racial America, Jonathan talked about how Barrack Obama was viewed in different perspectives by various groups in the US. To the Asian Americans, Obama presented himself as a pacific islander that was born in Hawaii and familiar to the Asian culture. To the Hawaiians, Obama presented himself as a “local” person from Hawaii where he was born and spent most of his youth. Obama presidential had become the symbol of color blindness and multiculturalism in the US. Representing the favors of most race in the US gave Barrack Obama the position as the president of the United States. It is amusing how developed countries have changed from being “exclusive” to an “inclusive” community (a post-racism community), where people who brought out the voice of minority are now more well respected than ever. While developed countries truly do progress in terms of rights against humanity, some developing countries are still far from the goal of becoming a utopia where there is no racism. Back in my country, racism is a culture, the government has bias towards people who give them the most money and there is no such thing as fighting for racial equality. However, I still believe in countries that haven’t reach the post-racism state. Time will make changes as these countries progress more in the future.

Question: what the perspectives of other races towards are “post-racial candidate for a post-racial America”.

Reference:
Jonathan.Y Okamura (2011) Barrack Obama as the post-racial candidate for a post racial America: perspectives from Asian America and Hawaii

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/conversing-over-the-dynamics-of-american-multiculturalism_us_58ea4deee4b00dd8e016ecfb