No, not talking or thinking about race leads to <i>erasure</i>, which is another form of racism. (For <i>race</i>&#x2F;<i>racism</i>, you can substitute gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, etc.)<p>To try to make this clear by analogy, one of the reasons that #OscarsSoWhite is a meme is because if black children only ever see white people winning Oscars…they won’t believe that they themselves could win one (and there’s 95%+ white winners for all acting categories in the Oscars). Having visible role models is important. Having discussions about equality and representation are important.