Speaking of Race : Why Everybody Needs to Talk About Racism—and How to Do It In this timely volume, author Celeste Headlee provides the reader with a framework for discussing race in a productive manner, without ostracizing or shouting down those who might disagree with them. It's not a comfortable subject to discuss, and so accordingly, many of us tend to only discuss it with like-minded folks. But that just reinforces the problem instead of solving it. Headlee offers this book as a resource for those who have tried to have the hard conversations and found themselves facing a stiff headwind.