Reblogged from InnerStanding Isness:
When Barack Obama was elected to the presidency in 2008 many Americans hoped he would usher in a new era of race relations in this country. Specifically that Martin Luther King’s famed quote that we should all strive to judge men by the content of their character rather than the color of their skin would finally ring true.
But the politics of 2012 have shown that the country is no more free of racial politics than it was before Obama was elected.
