J. Douglas Allen-Taylor reflects on the just concluded US presidential election and Barrack Obama’s victory. He ponders the historical significance of an African-American being elected to the White House. Through the lens of his forebears’ experiences as African-Americans and their views of the changing political landscape in the country, he underlines the fact that Obama’s election cannot escape the enduring effects of racial discrimination and segregation on the psyche of the American people.
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