Is America Losing Its Newfound Color Blindness?
In the second year of the Obama presidency, is it possible that the altruistic sentiments that called for this man's election have gone already? As Beyonce stood overwhelmed to be called on to provide Barack and Michelle's first dance with the perfectly chosen Etta James ballad, “At Last”, did it not serve as proof that the States marred past of race relations was over as eyes of all color shed a tear? It is the acme of folly to think that colorblindness exists unless you work in a DMV examination room or the ivory towers of a select few East Coast universities. And frankly, the latter remains a false promise of hope and a bastion of naivete in less than hopeful times; undoubtedly the women of Wesleyan University will continue to look for suitable dates of all color as long as their parents don't find out. Socially, economically, and with little help from the media, America and the rest of the world have universes left to grow before people are seeing things in the sepia tones that many use to make themselves look better (not equal) on their Facebook profile pictures.
