post-racial

or post·ra·cial

[ pohst-rey-shuhl ]

adjective

1. characterized by the absence of racial discord, discrimination, or prejudice previously or historically present:

   post-racial politics;

   the post-racial era.

Word History and Origins

Origin of post-racial¹

First recorded in 1970–75; post- + racial

Example Sentences

The Hannity-esque delusion of a post-racial America is ill-informed at best and bigoted at worst.

From The Daily Beast

To call the United States “post-racial” is to court a Christopher Columbus moment of discovering America.

From The Daily Beast

And what about those post-racial and post-gender millennials?

From The Daily Beast

The era of ‘hope and change’ was supposed to usher in a ‘post-racial’ era.

From The Daily Beast

It was Barack Obama who challenged Americans “to bend the arc of history” and presented himself as a post-racial candidate.

From The Daily Beast