'I need you to be Color Brave™': Exjon asks a crucial question about race

Honest question: People have been talking non-stop about race my entire life. Why do politicians & CEOs pretend this isn’t the case?

— jon gabriel (@exjon) March 18, 2015

@exjon Because you haven't heard their enlightened take on the issue.

— BT (@back_ttys) March 18, 2015

@exjon Because you haven't yet talked about it with someone half your age who makes coffee for a living.

— Steven Alwine (@Paladin114) March 18, 2015

@exjon easier to cut bait then it is to fish

— Daryl Tremblay (@DarylT) March 18, 2015

@exjon You don't talk about THE ISSUE — you talk about TALKING ABOUT the issue. C’mon, get with the program!

— Mark Petereit (@Ohmaar1) March 18, 2015

@exjon if the discussion & all of the tension that accompanies it ends- what will they campaign on? Who will they make empty promises to?

— American ✯ Woman (@FoundersGirl) March 18, 2015

@exjon honest answer: they want to make sure we don't ever get past it..they keep it alive

— Beth (@utbeth73) March 18, 2015

@exjon Because the "conversation" is what @JonahNRO once said about New Tone meme: "Shut the hell up while we tell you how awful you are"

— DTH (@DavidTHogan) March 18, 2015

C'mon, someone answer my question. I need you to be Color Brave™.

— jon gabriel (@exjon) March 18, 2015

@exjon You can't, WhiteyOnly POC can be race warriors.

— Martini Shark (@MartiniShark) March 18, 2015

@exjon I would but you didn't specify grande or venti.

— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) March 18, 2015

@exjon Starbucks should be completely dark inside, so that everyone is the same color inside… Oh wait, we already are.

— Jami (@Jami_USA) March 18, 2015

@exjon It's the More Discussion rhetorical trick. For whatever reason, people view that line favorably, even though it's usually a deception

— Ryan Gustafson (@RyanLGustafson) March 18, 2015

@exjon In office meetings, city council, Congress and everything else, saying "we need to talk about this" is the easiest way to win.

— Ryan Gustafson (@RyanLGustafson) March 18, 2015