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Post-racial America is a theoretical environment where the United States is devoid of racial preference, discrimination, and prejudice. Some Americans believed that the election of Barack Obama as President and wider acceptance of interracial marriage signified that the nation had become post-racial[citation needed]. In January 2010 the Pew Research Center conducted a poll in conjunction with National Public Radio that indicated that 39% of persons of African-American descent felt they were in a better position than they had been five years ago, an increase of 19% from the previous poll taken in 2008. [1] University of Melbourne academic Timothy Laurie argues that "post-racial" discourses "displace ‘racism’ onto ‘backward’ sectors of American society, often coded as Southern, rural or working class, while the long-term future is presented as a color-blind, cosmopolitan utopia".[2] Actor and director Mario Van Peebles made a television documentary titled Fair Game that challenged the idea that the United States had become a post-racial society.[3]

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Post-racial America is a theoretical environment in which the United States is to be free from racial preference, discrimination, and prejudice. It was not until African American candidates began to run for office until debates emerged regarding race and politics. Race continues to play an important role in America's society. Recent race based events throughout the country have left us gasping for a solution to these race based events. These events have only reinforced that race still remains in the United States and continues to define who we are as Americans and perpetuate on the fact that we are not living in a post racial society Some Americans believed that the election of Mr. Barack Obama as President of the United States would widen the acceptance of interracial marriage; which would signify that the nation had become post-racial[citation needed].