Race and the American Voter

...Said Taeku Lee, of the University of California at Berkeley, “Whenever I heard someone describing Obama as a post-racial candidate, I bristled. What is ‘post-racial’ being cast against?”

The panelists agreed that what people mean when they describe Obama as a “post-racial” candidate is that he appeals to large segments of white voters while being non-white. However, Cathy Cohen, of the University of Chicago, pointed out that initially black voters were hesitant to embrace Obama. “His legitimacy was brought about by white voters in Iowa and New Hampshire” who voted for him in the primaries.

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