The murder of George Floyd has brought to the surface the history of racism in America and thus—it is hoped, at least—its outgrowth will have indirectly created a transformational moment for race in America. Is it about “systemic racism”? It doesn’t really matter here—one needn’t apply a quotable label to know there’s a problem.

Surely, Floyd’s murder in-plain-sight has been the impetus for a bigger, louder and more vocal national conversation. But conversations often wind up as noise into a void. As we have seen for decades, seemingly loud voices often are reduced to a whisper. What is more, words without action are meaningless and for real change to occur, white Americans actually have to internalize what commentating thought leaders perceive the problem to be and actively work to make change. Meaning, white Americans must explore their own biases with themselves and the extent to which that has occurred is unknown.