I am trying to write tonight, but I am completely distracted, entranced by an HBO documentary that’s on right now called “Resolved.” It looks at some superstars of high school debate competition. But the twist is that one of the teams is a black team who are arguing (debating?) to change the whole way debates are structured. They are challenging that the established and popular, rapid-fire, exhaustive research style of debate is elitist, discriminatory and ultimately useless for real world success.
I don’t want to give too much away, but …

I’ve been writing this blog since March of last year – and I have learned a lot. I can say without exaggeration, that every day I write or read comments on this blog my mental universe expands a little. I am thankful for that and for ALL of you who comment. But my goal is for All About Race to be an arena for dynamic discussion. Angry discussion, impolite discussion, calm and reasoned discussion are all welcome. But I fear that my initial choice of the words “fearless conversation” translated …