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In "Colorblind: The Rise of Post-racial Politics and the Retreat from Equity," anti-racist activist and scholar Tim Wise offers a refreshingly unconventional view on America's political discourse. Through a brilliantly constructed critique of post-racial politics, Wise sets out to dispel the myth of racial transcendence in post-Obama America, and emphasizes the continuing need for civil rights action in the 21st century.

Wise argues that the supposed "race neutral" politics of the post-Obama era ignore the realities of race in America, and most often serve to perpetuate the underlying racial disparities in our society. Drawing on a meticulously researched body of campaign examples, he posits that racism in our society has not simply shriveled up and retreated in the aftermath of the civil rights movement, but rather has transformed itself to fit a shifting social landscape. He asserts that a race-neutral mentality cannot hope to mend what is a fundamentally racial set of problems.

Whatever your age, background, or political orientation, "Colorblind's" brilliantly crafted prose and finely tuned arguments make it a must-read for anyone interested in racial politics in the modern era.

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