Harry Mount

Post-racial America? Forget it

The United States is almost as segregated under Obama as it was in the time of Martin Luther King

issue 25 September 2010

The United States is almost as segregated under Obama as it was in the time of Martin Luther King

As I arrived in New Orleans this summer, there was a juicy racism row blazing across the airwaves and the blogosphere.

Like lots of the juiciest rows, it was over a little thing.

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Harry Mount

Harry Mount is editor of The Oldie and author of How England Made the English (Penguin) and Et Tu, Brute? The Best Latin Lines Ever (Bloomsbury)

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