For an all too brief moment, optimists woke up on November 5, 2008 to a new era of post racial politics. At the same time, key Republicans were secretly planing the annihilation of the Obama presidency. Racism went underground, but the stench seeped up from the sewers.
In a shaded corner of the Democratic Party, post racial politics is sprouting. A prior post explained the power of social networks to grow a Bernie majority amongst the young into a super majority. Although trolls poxed with racism and sexism lurk on the internet, social networks broadcast across race and gender. Bernie's internet linked younger supporters do not respond to race or gender identity politics.
Although, I support Hillary, a hint of post racial politics glimmers in Senator Sanders' generational appeal.
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