These recent tragedies have left me feeling helpless to be honest. Peaceful protests & pleas from community leaders have fallen on deaf ears, the use of violence is used as an excuse to say, "This is why we don't listen to you." What do we do? I mean really, what can we do? I'm tired of trying to educate willfully ignorant white people. Don't get me wrong, there are some out there who recognize things are fucked up and I appreciate those allies, but I can't help but feel like it isn't enough. It's disgusting & hurtful to know that people would rather try and justify our deaths than admit that we've been wronged, and then expect us to believe them when they say All Lives Matter. We're supposed to walk on eggshells so as not to hurt their feelings, but we're supposed to get it over it and go out of our way to prove our credibility when they trample on ours. I'm tired y'all. I'm tired of fearing for my brothers' lives, I'm tired of feeling "less than" in my own damn country and then realizing it probably wouldn't be much better for me anywhere else, I'm tired of people misquoting MLK when they haven't heard his "Where Do We Go From Here". I'm tired. I'm going to keep being vocal for PoC though. I will never be silent. I cannot afford to be silent. "Your silence will not protect you." -Audre Lorde