Read NY Times columnist Frank Rich’s text “White Like Me”…
“Some 19 percent of the population [in Washington] lives below the poverty line, and that 19 percent remains a secret city to many who work within the Beltway. Washington is its own special American case, but only up to a point. For all our huge progress, we are not “post-racial,” whatever that means. The world doesn’t change in a day, and the racial frictions that emerged in both the Democratic primary campaign and the general election didn’t end on Nov. 4. “
To be “lagom” is the quintessence of being a white Swede. It means to be the barely discernible citizen who is faithful to the welfare state and who passes throughout room and time without leaving long-lasting tracks.
To be “antilagom” is a way of resisting a racist system’s assimilation process. It’s a state of mind very much needed in order to avoid becoming a silent slave.
Not yet “post-racial”
18 01 2009