It's so difficult to begin and then continue to engage in a real dialogue about race and racism in America today. The problem of being 'fair' and/or discussing the issue is difficult for many black and whites alike.
The crying need for an absent necessary dialogue has been made more difficult by the director of the film "Selma" Ava DuVernay and her comment about the actions, or in her view, non-action of then president Lyndon Baines Johnson during the 1960's fight for Civil Rights.
The young woman considers herself to be a "student of history at that time" and is questionably comfortable with a film that is historically incorrect in its portrayal of LBJ.
www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/2egtbl/selma_director_on_lbj_criticism_I_wasn't/
Her excuse, and what else could you call her petulant response, "I wasn't interested in making a white savior movie" is just another highly publicized nugget that will clearly inhibit real and necessary dialogue about race that is so sorely needed.