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With the election of Barack Obama, the idea that American society had become postracial-that is, race was no longer a main factor in influencing and structuring people's lives-took hold in public consciousness, increasingly accepted by many. The contributors to Racism Postrace examine the concept of postrace and its powerful history and allure, showing how proclamations of a postracial society further normalize racism and obscure structural antiblackness. They trace expressions of postrace over and through a wide variety of cultural texts, events, and people, from sports (LeBron James's move to Miami), music (Pharrell Williams's ""Happy""), and television (The Voice and HGTV) to public policy debates, academic disputes, and technology industries. Outlining how postrace ideologies confound struggles for racial justice and equality, the contributors open up new critical avenues for understanding the powerful cultural, discursive, and material conditions that render postrace the racial project of our time. Contributors. Inna Arzumanova, Sarah Banet-Weiser, Aymer Jean Christian, Kevin Fellezs, Roderick A. Ferguson, Herman Gray, Eva C. Hageman, Daniel Martinez HoSang, Victoria E. Johnson, Joseph Lowndes, Roopali Mukherjee, Safiya Umoja Noble, Radhika Parameswaran, Sarah T. Roberts, Catherine R. Squires, Brandi Thompson Summers, Karen Tongson, Cynthia A. Young

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""The essays found in this collection make an important contribution to our understanding of how postrace is becoming more and more insidious and dangerous."" -- Amardo Rodriguez * Ethnic and Racial Studies * “Racism Postrace is an essential collection for the study of postracialism transnationally."" -- Stefanie Boulila * German Studies Review * ""[A] well-written and stellar collection of writing."" -- Amal Abu-Bakare * Journal of International Communication *

"""The essays found in this collection make an important contribution to our understanding of how postrace is becoming more and more insidious and dangerous."" -- Amardo Rodriguez * Ethnic and Racial Studies * “Racism Postrace is an essential collection for the study of postracialism transnationally."" -- Stefanie Boulila * German Studies Review * ""[A] well-written and stellar collection of writing."" -- Amal Abu-Bakare * Journal of International Communication *"

The essays found in this collection make an important contribution to our understanding of how postrace is becoming more and more insidious and dangerous. -- Amardo Rodriguez * Ethnic and Racial Studies * Racism Postrace is an essential collection for the study of postracialism transnationally. -- Stefanie Boulila * German Studies Review *

The essays found in this collection make an important contribution to our understanding of how postrace is becoming more and more insidious and dangerous. -- Amardo Rodriguez * Ethnic and Racial Studies *

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Roopali Mukherjee is Associate Professor of Media Studies at City University of New York, Queens College. Sarah Banet-Weiser is Professor of Media and Communications at the London School of Economics. Herman Gray is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

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