A Day Late and a Dollar Short | Jon Jeter, Robert Pierre

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Could this be the final victory for civil rights, or the first of many to come? When Henry Louis Gates spoke out about his ridiculous arrest, he stated a truth few Americans including President Obama are eager to discuss: there is no such thing as a post–racial America. When it comes to race, the United States has come a long way, but not far enough and not fast enough. Every day, we cope with casual racism, myriad indignities, institutional obstacles, post–racial nonsense, and peers bent on self–destruction. The powers that be, meanwhile, always seem to arrive with their apologies and…