Should race still matter to Generation Y?

“To the coming-of- age-generation known as the Millennials, the world has never seemed more diverse.

Popular television shows such as The Real World and Grey’s Anatomy show diverse casts mixing and mingling on-screen. Teens are exposed to the hottest R&B and hip-hop artists on VH1 and MTV. And in this Internet age, access to other cultures, trends and styles is only a few clicks away.

Pop culture serves up a “multiracial, multicultural nirvana,” says Charles Gallagher, a Georgia State sociology professor, contributing to an impression of the younger generation as the first “post-race” generation – one where race doesn’t matter….”

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