Obama's Post Racial Society

The Wall Street Journal makes a great point in today's editorial regarding Obama's comment about the Cambridge Police/Professor Gates incident.

Mr. Gates lives in a city with a black mayor, a state with a black governor and a country with a black President. The dispute was arguably about town-gown relations rather than race. If this is a teaching moment, one lesson is that it’s usually better to cooperate during encounters with law enforcement so that matters don’t escalate needlessly. And if a cop asks you to step out on the porch, or away from your car, it’s probably because he’s concerned for his own safety.

Yet racial incidents still "haunt" us, as Obama did not hesitate to remind.