This Boston High School Program Confronts the Post-Racial Delusion Head On
Thanks to a recent Associated Press poll we know that simply electing someone black to the highest office in the land isn't the key to improving race relations in the United States. According to this data, since President Obama's election, racial attitudes in the United States have not onlynot magically improved, a slight majority of white Americans harbor racial prejudice toward both blacks and Latinos, even if they don't recognize their attitudes as such.
At a time when our social and economic prosperity depends on our ability to live, go to school, and work alongside diverse groups of people, what needs to happen to actually bring Americans of all racial and ethnic backgrounds together? The Racial Healing and Reconciliation Project (PDF), a Boston program for high school students, could be a useful model.
Started in 2010, the program, which began at Southern Jamaica Plain Health Center as an