Omi and Winant Suggest That Obama Deploys Colorblind Racial Ideology

question 9

Multiple Choice

Omi and Winant suggest that Obama deploys colorblind racial ideology but then occasionally critiques it. Which of the following of Obama's actions characterizes this critique?

• A) Giving corporations and banks bail outs but also passing a new health care law
• B) Challenging Islamophobia but also using drone warfare in the Middle East.
• C) Interceding for blacks against their great loss of wealth during the Great Recession of 2008.
• D) Supporting immigration reform to provide a clear "path to citizenship" but also increasing immigrant deportations .
• E) Ending affirmative action policies in universities but supporting more non-white scholarships.

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