IN PRINT: University Panel Ponders Race and Obama Presidency

Princeton professors in African American Studies, history, politics, public affairs, religion and sociology weighed in on President Obama’s 2008 campaign and his success in office so far at Tuesday's symposium, "Race, American Politics, and the Presidency of Barack Obama."  While they acknowledged the huge societal implications of his election, panelists stressed that race relations in the United States are still far from stable.

We’re not going to move into a post-racial world, but rather into a different racial world. The demographic writing is on the wall,

said Douglas Massey, professor of sociology and public affairs,

You can change political structures quickly, but it takes longer to alter racial ideologies. We’ve changed our principles as a nation, but the sentiments still linger.

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