No We Can't!: Postracialism and the Popular Appearance of a Rhetorical Fiction

This article explores the idea of “postracialism” as it circulated during the candidacy and election of President Barack Obama. Treating postracialism as a visual discourse, I recount a history of post-race moments through depictions of African Americans and describe the visual metaphors used to relay the idea through popular and political commentaries. Using Foss's (1994 Foss , S. K. ( 1994 ). A rhetorical schema for the evaluation of visual...