Ta-Nehisi Coates – My President was black

Ta-Nehisi Coates is an essayist and and book author. In this piece titled My President was Black from the Atlantic he discusses race as viewed during the Obama era. In the interview with Obama below, it tells the story of Obama’s experience with race when growing up with exposure to both blacks and whites in his own family. It’s a telling story. Can we ever vision a post-racial society while racism remains so systemic in our current thinking? How refreshing it is to listen to our recent President.