Justin Gomer

Justin Gomer is Assistant Professor of American Studies at California State University, Long Beach. He is currently writing a book entitled, Colorblindness, A Life: The Political and Cultural Biography of an Ideology.

Reagan Used MLK Day to Undermine Racial Justice

The holiday was legislated as part of a strategy to defang King of his most radical qualities while co-opting him into the ideology of colorblindness.

  • Justin Gomer
  • Christopher Petrella
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