the court invalidated a section of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that had required nine states with particularly severe histories of racial discrimination to obtain federal approval for any change to their election laws. The ruling, written by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., said in part, "Our country has changed." It added that in the decades since the Voting Rights Act was passed, "voting tests were abolished, disparities in voter registration and turnout due to race were erased, and African-Americans attained political office in record numbers. And yet the coverage formula that Congress reauthorized in 2006 ignores these developments, keeping the focus on decades-old data relevant to decades-old problems, rather than current data reflecting current needs." Similar issues are involved in Fisher v. University of Texas, a challenge to affirmative action policies on which the court ruled in 2016, upholding the race-based admissions policy of the University of Texas. A post-racialism mindset allows many people to be blind to the racial issues that are prevalent today. The post-racial perspective overlooks how racism has changed and progressed over time. Harvard scholar, Lawrence D. Bobo, mentions that although Jim Crow attitudes are not as overt or extreme, racism is still prevalent in subtle ways in America. These ways include economic inequality and the incarceration system. Also, policies like Stop and Frisk and the War on Drugs that disproportionately affect Black people is yet another way that racism has become more subtle and even legally justified. The idea that Western society is living in an era that is past racism and essentially "colorblind" is neglecting how racism has adapted and taken on different forms. The post-racial perspective limits the understanding and perception of America's current conditions because it has become nearly impossible to acknowledge more subtle racial disparities or inequalities. According to Bobo, "the new form of racism is a more covert, sophisticated, culture-centered, and subtle racist ideology, qualitatively less extreme and more socially permeable than Jim Crow racism...". Racism and discrimination is evolving, and it is necessary to assess how it may be present in the most subtle forms. To continue advocating for change within America, society must fully acknowledge and understand the complexity and depth of modern racism. See also Color blindness (race) Rainbow nation in South Africa Racial democracy in Brazil References Further reading Kaplan, H. Roy. (2011). The Myth of Post-Racial America: Searching for Equality in the