“Post-Racial?: Something Even More Bizarre and Inexplicable,” is the title of my newest essay. That essay was just published in the journal, Making Connections: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Cultural Diversity. As technical as the title of the journal sounds, my essay is written for the general reader.

Rather than just say, as many now say, that we are not in a post-racial era, I try in my essay to say “we are here”. If we are not post-racial, then where in the world are we is the question I address. And the answer is that we are in a place where the living on a new racial frontier where too many moments make us feel like our interactions with people always lead to “…something even more bizarre and inexplicable”. To figure out what I mean, read my essay which is now posted here in the “My Essays” section.

Since my essay was published, it has received some attention. North Carolina State University sent out a news release and I started to get emails. One came from North Carolina Public Radio (WUNC). I ended up being interviewed by Frank Stasio on a live radio broadcast of that station’s “The State of Things”. It was a ten minute interview about my ideas about “…the new racial frontier”. It was a fun thing to do. The audio file is posted here at the “Lagniappe” section. Give a listen and let me know what you think about what I had to say.