Over the years, I've considered myself fairly educated and aware of the injustices in America, especially historically, but the older I get and the more I learn, the more I realize I know nothing at all. In admitting that, I am silent because I don't have answers for what we as a society should do. Instead, I am trying to listen and learn. I've noticed this is hard for people to do. I see it every time I teach workshops to my students, where they have to listen to the feedback of others while sitting silent. I tell them that if they sit there constantly trying to defend themselves and their writing, they aren't really listening to the critiques of their classmates. It's no different when it comes to this poignant moment for civil justice against the police brutality of black lives. If white people are constantly trying to prove "we aren't racist" or that "we're the exception" or saying "all lives matter", I don't think we a...