Point of clarification: The New York Post is owned by Rupert Murdoch, the same reactionary owner Fox News, so you have to keep that in mind when looking at the editorial point of view.

I would also say that if you look at something like police shootings or even the ability hail a cab in NYC that racism is far from dead. It's also important to point out that racism against those from Africa isn't limited to the United States and there is a great deal of it in Asia:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/25/opinion/roy-the-wrong-kind...