Souls of Black Folk: II. "Of the Dawn of Freedom"

THE PROBLEM of the twentieth century is the problem of the color-line,—the relation of the darker to the lighter races of men in Asia and Africa, in America and the islands of the sea.

With these prophetic words, Dr. William E. B. Du Bois opens the second essay of The Souls of Black Folk.  How much have we changed in the over 100 years since Du Bois wrote these words?  Since the election of President Barack Obama some people have claimed that we are living in a post-racial America.  Are we really past race in America and the world?