一些美国人坚信我们生活在一个后种族主义社会,第一位黑人总统的当选意味着种族主义的灭亡。事实上,种族主义思想在美国依然盛行,而且比以往任何时候都更加复杂和阴险。正如屡获殊荣的历史学家伊布拉姆·肯迪 (Ibram X. Kendi) 博士在《从头开始的印记》(Stamped from the Beginning) 中所说,如果我们有希望应对这一严峻的现实,我们必须首先了解种族主义思想是如何在美国社会中发展、传播和奉行的。
Mats Steen, a Norwegian gamer, died of a degenerative muscular disease at the age of 25. His parents mourned what they thought had been a lonely and isolated life, when they started receiving messages from online friends around the world.