Police brutality trials, white supremacist rallies, Black Lives Matter protests. Race is the story behind many of the stories we’re talking about these days. But to talk about race itself—to examine the way it shapes our society, visibly and invisibly—can feel scary and overwhelming. How do we talk about solutions for today’s problems without getting caught in the past? How do we address vast differences in racial perspective and experience? When we try to talk about race, these unanswered questions and hundreds like them make it likely that the discussion will end in hurt feelings, damaged relationships—maybe even violence.
