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Cohen, Cathy J. “Millennials & the Myth of the Post-Racial Society: Black Youth, Intra-Generational Divisions & the Continuing Racial Divide in American Politics.” //Daedalus //, vol. 140, no. 2, 2011, pp. 197–205.

“Millennials & the Myth of the Post-Racial Society: Black Youth, Intra-generational”

This article dives into the scoop of racial america in the view of the millennial generation. Begins by introducing how electrically open-minded the generation is in term of homosexuality although it continues to be divided in the sense of racial attitudes. With survey results from various ethnic groups, the article emphasizes the altering attitudes between whites, blacks and latinos. The topic of Obama is pulled into the article in the sense of how attitudes “must” have shifted in order for America to accept his presidency. The article focuses on statistics regarding the thought process of black, latino and white youth on whether racism is or is not an issue, and whether it still exist. The results are not shocking, if not expected if one is conscious on America’s state of race relations. This article's use is the concrete statistics regarding the attitudes of races from the youth, and includes the change in feelings before and after Obama’s presidency. Obama’s presidency serves as what some may call the shift into a post-racial society, so this article main point exploring into the dynamics of that will be a useful addition