Why The Silence Of Moderate Conservatives Is Dangerous For Race Relations
By Christopher Parker, Megan Ming Francis
Aug 10, 2015 The Conversation
Aug 10, 2015 The Conversation
Both whites and blacks have exhibited increasingly negative views on race relations since 2011. A recent New York Times/CBS News poll finds that Americans' perceptions of racial progress have drastically deteriorated over the last year.
The current racial environment stands in stark contrast to 2008, when numerous commentators mused about a post-racial America.
We believe the post-racial narrative began to lose substantial support after George Zimmerman eluded incarceration for the murder of Trayvon Martin, reached a flashpoint with the shooting of unarmed Michael Brown in Ferguson by a police officer, continued to loose steam with the high-profile killings of blacks such as Freddie Gray and Rekia Boyd and was permanently disabled after the grisly massacre of nine black church members in Charleston, South Carolina.
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