article_snippet: Clearly some people do want to talk about Race, and there is a desperate need to confront the issue head on.  
article_snippet: What we are witnessing as a society is a new movement led by black women and spurred by the killing of black people such as Michael Brown and Trayvon Martin, Renisha McBride and Eric Garner, John Crawford and Tamir Rice, and many more, whether by police or by armed vigilantes.
article_snippet: Blacks are treated 72 percent as well as whites .
article_snippet: People of all colors and persuasions have participated in #BlackLivesMatter, #ICantBreathe and #HandsUpDontShoot protests and die-ins across the nation.  
article_snippet: Race is part of the town hall, the public square.  
article_snippet: Race always has been, but what is different now is that the issue is once again being placed on the front burner.
article_snippet: theGrio.com: Let's stop the 'struggle equation' Race in the United States is not merely about who likes or who doesn't like you, or who calls you the N-word or does not want to live next to you.  
article_snippet: Racism is a system of power dynamics and institutions that must be made to change.  
article_snippet: And who knows what can happen when people start to talk about race?