If you do ask these awkward questions, you will throw the vibes off, and the party will be ruined!
Talk about something general interest and not offensive instead, like "Guns in Chicago!" Don't ever talk about taboo topics, like "Racist teachers in Chicago schools."
Talk about something general interest, like "Black high school drop out rates!" Or "Black poverty!" Don't talk about sensitive topics like, "Why Black kids drop out of high school." or "Why Black kids are poor."