Patricia J. Williams

Patricia J. Williams is the author of The Alchemy of Race and Rights; The Rooster's Egg; and Seeing a ColorBlind Future: The Paradox of Race. She is a also a columnist for The Nation.

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Author of The Alchemy of Race and Rights and a columnist for The Nation.

Racism is Over is a new faux blog authored by damali ayo, the Oregon-based performance artist who created the hilarious site Rent-a-Negro.com, as in: “What can you give the person who has everything? Give them a new black friend!” Ayo’s new site sends up the glorious utopian promise of our supposedly "post-race" world now that Barack Obama is president-elect. One posting marvels at the new integration: “I haven’t heard anyone call someone ‘less qualified’ or complain about how their uncle got passed over for a job because of a company's diversity policy. Instead they say, ‘There are plenty of jobs to go around,’ and talk about how much their uncle loves his new job working with all of his fellow countrymen.”

9:51 am, Jan 5, 2009

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