Are black people comfortable with talking about slavery?

Do you see that Germans were the perpetrators of atrocities, while African-Americans were the victims of an atrocity? Your one interest in whether or not both share a reluctance to discuss a history that reflected different roles makes me wonder if that is the salient question. Meaning, even if both groups are reluctant to discuss the said historical events, so what? The more important concern might be "WHY."

Germans might prefer that people forget the WWII atrocities, and African-Americans might prefer that whites stop discussing something they cannot understand, as a bystander at best, not having experienced it in one's culture.

To answer the thread's title and question, another question might give the answer: Are white people comfortable with talking about how ignorant a large proportion of the white demographic actually is; a small percentage really having had the intelligence that brought western culture to the 21st century?

Anyone who was not personally responsible, or involved, who becomes angry about discussing history has a problem with self-identity. That is, such a person does not know about the Law of Karma or Reincarnation. Or that he/she is a Soul who is playing out a role in a human body, and it is a mistake to take ones role personally.... other than it is an experience one has chosen to experience.
Peace

BJ, Insightful. Welcome to a2k: This is the first post of yours I've read.