"Color Blindness describes a learned behavior where we pretend to not notice race. But, says Mellody Hobson, 'in my view, that doesn’t mean there’s fairness. Color blindness is very dangerous because it means we’re ignoring the problem.' This subject matter can be hard, awkward and uncomfortable. But she believes that’s the point. The goal is to become comfortable with being uncomfortable, to be color brave.

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It’s time,” says Hobson, “for us to be comfortable with the uncomfortable conversation about race. If we truly believe in equal rights and equal opportunity in America, we need to have real conversations about this issue. We can’t be color blind, we have to be color brave."