Planning is a field of sub-disciplines and specialities that all seek to create order and enhance human settlements through increased economic activity, enhanced housing options, innovative transportation infrastructure, sustainable place-making, environmental stewardship and dynamic physical design. However, planning and the processes that drive it are all inherently political and often reflect our larger social and economic order. If inequities influence the planning process, these inequities will almost always influence planning outcomes. The challenges and questions presented to this panel are: 1) does planning operate in a post-racial society and 2) is that possible or desirable? While the current tenor of race relations in the U.S. might suggest an easy answer to these questions, a more nuanced and constructive discourse is possible.