Obama's speech called for a conversation that not everyone wants.
March 23, 2008 | Stephanie Simon and Richard Fausset, L.A. Times Staff Writers
LITHONIA, GA. — How do we start a national dialogue on race?
Charlotte Griffin was at a restaurant one evening when a white woman complimented her on her children's behavior. The stranger may have meant to be kind. But Griffin wondered if she heard a note of condescension -- an assumption, perhaps, that black kids aren't usually so polite.
How do we navigate that minefield?