Follow BeltwayBlips on TwitterRacial disparities exist despite Obama election
Published 11/24/2008 at msnbc.com: Politics
Amid the postelection glow of racial harmony lurks a sobering fact: racial disparities persist — in just about every measurable form — and they won't simply melt away because the nation has a black president.
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