Editor's note: Leonard Pitts Jr., a columnist for the Miami Herald, won the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for commentary and is the author of a new novel, "Before I Forget" and of "Becoming Dad: Black Men and the Journey to Fatherhood." Leonard Pitts says neither the black nor white yardsticks on race present the full picture. (CNN) -- They're not going to like this. Indeed, one suspects the National Urban League's recently released 2009 State of Black America report quantifying racial inequities in employment, housing, education, criminal justice, health and other arenas will be about as welcome as graffiti on the Lincoln Memorial among those Americans who convinced themselves in November the country had entered a "post-racial" era.
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Leonard Pitts: Whites want to view race in terms of progress blacks have made
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He says blacks view race as the distance it will take them to achieve equality
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He says neither picture is complete and it will take both to reach desired goal
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Pitts: State of Black America report provides useful data on inequities
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