President Obama rejected the “post-racial” label that enchanted supporters in his 2008 campaign, as he warned that “complicated” race relations would not be resolved by his presidency.

“I never bought into the notion that by electing me, somehow we were entering into a post-racial period,” Obama told Rolling Stone in an interview released this week. “My view on race has always been that it’s complicated. It’s not just a matter of head – it’s a matter of heart. It’s about interactions.”