If you're tired of my posts about racism, white supremacy, and fascism, then imagine how tired black people are of being brutalized and murdered for no other reason than for the fact that they are black.
I hope you're uncomfortable. I hope you're bothered by all the posts you are seeing. Maybe it'll eventually lead to a long-awaited epiphany for you.
I'm not black and I grew up having white privilege because of the color of my skin. This is NOT how it should be. This is wrong. It is shameful.
None of you white folk -- especially you white males -- had to worry about walking late at night to a store to get Skittles and an iced tea while having to worry that you might not make it home alive simply because of the color of your skin.
Why it doesn't 'seem a problem' to you or why you can't understand the reason people are protesting is because you have lived a very different life than if you were black. You're so oblivious because how can you even relate?
So, don't tell these protesters to 'go home' or to stop. Listen. Hear their voices. Absorb what they are saying and why. Then, as a society, let's actually do something about it instead of going back to the status quo. That shit doesn't work and it's wrong. These issues will not go away -- they will only get worse. Time to step up, America.
Be an ally. Don't stand by and allow these repugnant injustices -- these crimes! -- to happen. Don't turn a blind eye. Be part of the solution and not part of the problem.
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