Oluo thinks that conversations about race often place an unfair burden on people of color to educate others on things they don’t know. This is problematic because it requires more labor from somebody who’s already disadvantaged. Oluo stresses again how important it is to be mindful of intersectionality: people are oppressed for many reasons in U.S. society, and the ultimate goal of conversations about social justice should be justice for
everyone. Therefore, saying something progressive about race that marginalizes other groups is counterproductive.