After the 2008 election and 2012 reelection of Barack Obama as US president and the 1994 election of Nelson Mandela as the first of several blacks to serve as South Africa\'s president, many within the two countries have declared race to be irrelevant.
For contributors to this volume, the presumed demise of race may be premature..
After the 2008 election and 2012 reelection of Barack Obama as US president and the 1994 election of Nelson Mandela as the first of several blacks to serve as South Africa\'s president, many within the two countries have declared race to be irrelevant