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...world and carry our outside notions about different issues, including race. It doesn’t help when talking about these issues seems to be taboo. Though conversations about race should not consume the lives of students, we should still be willing to talk frankly with members of other racial groups about issues regarding race and how they affect...
...have observed two main barriers that hinder open and sincere discussions about race: people trying to be overly politically correct, and others becoming extremely defensive when racial issues are discussed...
...defensiveness that emerges during discussions of race is, however, much more alarming to me. More than anything, this blocks people from having straightforward conversations about race. This problem is not unique to one particular racial group. I have witnessed black people getting defensive when issues of race were brought up and not truthfully look at the issues just as I have seen white people...
...discussions about racial oppression, I’ve heard white people talk about how black people self-segregate, or how middle class white youth have it much worse than the freeloading and undeserving black youth in terms of their chances of getting admitted to college...
Similarly, it is extremely useful for a black person to try to understand the problems and struggles that may exist in the lives of white people. While white people should not get defensive about race to the point that they dismiss and overlook the racial inequalities that exist in our society, black people cannot write off the dilemmas that white people face in their lives as well. There are many white people who suffer from the ills of poverty and discrimination, and these issues must be confronted as well...