A battle we could go, comedian Trevor Noah posted a video on Instagram.

He wrote in the caption, quote,

when white people take being an ally too far.

Picture this, a chorus of mostly white people dressed in uniform, singing the circle of life from the Lion King.

The performers are actually members of the US Navy band.

It's a clip from last year that they reshared on their social media accounts at the end of May.

And I'll give it to them. They kind of sort of sound alright.

Now, Trevor Noah's post was obviously a joke, but it's getting at something real here.

When it comes to race and race relations, 2020 has been surprising.

Even for me, as someone who experiences the world as a black man and has covered race as a journalist for a really long time,

this moment of protest and awakening has felt new and different.

More white people are out in the streets and more and more white people are asking,

what do I need to understand about race and how can I be a good ally?

They're important questions to ask, certainly.

But they can also be really awkward questions to answer.

White people just want to unload all of these like really deep and really sober and really serious race related or race isn't related.

Conversations on you, especially when you're just, I don't know, trying to take a walk or get some ice cream.

And it's like, yo, I'm in line for ice cream. I don't want to talk about lynching right now.

I want sprinkles. That's all I want. I want sprinkles.

I'm Tremaynley and this is into America.

Today, we're sinking into the awkwardness, the silliness, and the sometimes inappropriate way.

All these conversations about race and racism are playing out in our everyday lives.

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