Story highlights Racially divisive topics can disrupt some family holiday gatherings

Showing Up for Racial Justice offers pointers to "break white silence about racism"

(CNN) It's Thanksgiving, which means family recipes, games, laughter and, inevitably, conversations we've been trying to avoid all year long.

For some reason, it seems like absolutely anything -- from relationship statuses and finances to weight gain -- is on the table.

There's another topic that sometimes sparks awkward silences: race. When racially divisive issues such as police brutality or immigration come up at a holiday gathering, it can be hard for some white people to find the line between ruining dinner by yelling about Uncle Fred's questionable outlook, and silently letting racist or uninformed opinions slide by unaddressed.

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