Talking about Race

After reading the artible, i found it interesting that people would attempt to resist learning about racism. But as i thought about the issue, it kind of made sense to me. What would cause people to shy from learining about racism? I guess it is an issue that causes many people discomfort because its such a hard topic to talk about. Many people are afraid of revealing they're true feelings because they are afraid that they will be labled as a racist and be ostracized. Many people have grown up with a strict belief that talking about race is to be avoided. Discussions of race only results in one group being angered at another over a comment that was made. Because this issue of race isn't normally talked about, we scrutinize anyone that begins to talk about race and we "try" to analyze their intentions.
Tatum brings up a good point in saying that people have a resonsibiity to learn about race. But at the same time, there is this barrier that is preventing us from talking freely about race. Issues like slavery always ineviably come up, causing awkwardmoments which in the end go against what the discussion was meant to do.