Spanish blogger No Pasaran brings to light an interview in Le Monde

Philippe Bernard’s full-page interview with a Harvard law professor (Randall Kennedy is — supposedly — “one of the most respected analysts on racial questions in the United States”) in Le Monde brings the startling information that it turns out that the very fact that an African-American was elected president is proof that America is racist! (And indeed, the racial issue in America is “explosive“!)

“Why did people cry when Obama was elected?” Kennedy asks. “Why was that moment so marvelous? Because many people thought they would never see the day when whites would vote for a black man.”

So that proves that America is not racist, right? Right?! Wrong! No, it proves America is racist, because if America were post-racial, we would never have seen those people shedding those tears!

You can’t win; I’m telling you, with those people, you can’t win…

You can read the interview for yourself here.

If you don’t speak French, use the Google toolbar translation feature. It produces an understandable, but at times comical, translation.