A lot of white people my age and younger in America don't really understand racism well. And how would we? We were trained from a young age to just repeat the right answers and not ask questions.

Without asking questions, there's no way to learn the topic well enough to apply it to real situations.

But there's no safe place to ask questions. If you ask an academic, they will give you incredibly confusing and vague answers that you aren't meant to understand without studying for a PhD in sociology. If you ask anyone else, they just brand you as a racist and move on.

It doesn't have to be this way. Even other sensitive topics like religion allow for ways to ask interesting, challenging, or practical questions. A priest will give a sincere answer to a sincere question.