Race Issues Over Coffee

One day while drinking coffee, laughing, and sharing stories with one of my best friends, who is white, an unexpected question about race came up. It just popped up out of nowhere as we were talking about the possibility of taking a fun trip on a cruise together. My friend asked, “Why do we have a group called Black Lives Matter that is expanding so rapidly in our nation? I believe that it’s a group that is being used to spread hate and division.

We don’t need a group like that.” Before I could answer, she went on to explain that she also now feels that because she is white, people…