i agree with you because in today's culture, we have to be careful with our words because we do not want to offend anybody. not in the sense of people being "snowflakes", but rather our generation being so accepting and actually opening our eyes to what is going around us. we are not only concerned with ourselves for once. so talking about racism, especially in school, is a tricky subject.

I completely agree. We are talking about it because it is relevant to what is happening in our country today. We are living through historic moments and one of those happens to deal with racism. If we are not comfortable enough to talk about racism in school, when will we ever be comfortable? It is important to bring light to current events because we are the ones in school, the ones with impressionable views. It helps us to become aware and open-minded.

Because race is a controversial topic, we tend to avoid all discussions of it in fear of offending someone. We should not. By dismissing the topic we are basically saying it is not important or it does not matter. When we choose not to inform students on the dark history of systematic racism in our country, we cultivate another generation of hate and ignorance. We should continue to talk about it in school.