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

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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