Michelle Bernard

What do the election and presidency of Barack Obama mean for race relations in America and around the world? Has Obama’s advocacy of personal responsibility and stable families become a call to arms to minorities and people of color? And will Obama’s rise to power create a new generation of black leaders who transcend color barriers and traditional civil rights paradigms? While many analysts avoid issues of race, ethnicity and equality, Michelle Bernard addresses them head-on. As a first-generation American whose parents emigrated from Jamaica, Bernard shares a unique vantage point on race, including her own rise to success. Smart, passionate and candid with her views, Bernard discusses: · How education remains the great equalizer in American society and how Obama’s advocacy for better educational opportunities for minorities and all Americans is the ultimate prescription for achieving the American dream · How the current generation of black leaders has redefined the American dream in a post–civil rights era