Race

Those who purport to wanting to ease racial tensions often suggest that the first step is to talk about race. While this could be considered virtue signaling in practice it is filled with pitfalls. There are numerous cases where people lost their jobs for speaking about race. Sometimes what they said was racist but often times they were misinterpreted or misspoke. Examples of unfair treatment abound on the Internet. Most recently the host of the TV show, The Bachelor, was punished over an insensitive remark about an antebellum party. After realizing what he said he profusely apologized but to no avail. The cancel culture on social media is unforgiving and this culture hinders discussions about race.