“Race in America makes people completely uncomfortable,” says Hobson. “Bringing it up is like the conversational equivalent of touching the third rail.” Friends had even warned her about talking about the topic here at TED, that it would make her a ‘militant black woman’ and hurt her career. But she realized, “The first step of solving any problem is not to hide from it. The first step to any form of action is awareness.”
You got these black actors,rappers tip-toeing around the issue as to not upset people(Will Smith for example
)
And no I don't look to these celebs to speak for black people,but when they do they tend to give a bullshyt assessment.