ABSTRACT
Do we live in a post-racial society? The chapter begins with a discussion of the role of social media in the early 2000s with an emphasis on the election of President Barack Obama and the arrival of Facebook (2004), YouTube (2005), and Twitter (2006). We look at how the Obama campaign used social media. The chapter looks at the ongoing struggle of young black males who represent the highest number of incarcerated individuals, recent shooting of unarmed black men as reflected in the news, church shootings, and Black Lives Matter vs. All Lives Matter, and the various commentaries, both formal and informal. A look at other groups in a so-called post-racial society, including Muslims and anti-Muslim sentiment, Latinos, and Asians is the focus of this chapter. A look at some of the trending “news“ on social media may suggest that we do not live in a post-racial society.
Key wWords: race, racism, hate, structural racism, institutional racism, online harassment, Trump effect, Obama effect, citizen reporter
