everyone gave me shit for not wanting to drive, my sister got in a fucking accident today there had to have been cops involved which terrifies me. my sister is my backbone i cannot live without her if anything were to happen to any of my siblings because of our skin color 1/?

i don’t know what i would do and it’s making me sick to my stomach. i’ve has my permit for almost a year and every time i am presented the opportunity to drive i feel like its my best bet to decline because i’m terrified i’m 17 years old and my parents never taught me 2/?

what to do if i were pulled over, anything can happen. i am black, i am a woman. yes my mother is white but no matter what i will always be seen as black and i will always have most struggles as everyone else in my community. i am absolutely terrified. especially for 3/?

my loved ones, i had to call my boyfriend for 2 hours to try and calm down because i was borderline on a panic attack because i am terrified in my own country a place i call home. i pray every night that him and his entire family is safe including my own. 4/?

he is my everything and i know if anything happens to him i would be broken and most of all his mother could not go on. everything i am doing and saying is not just for the safety of me it’s for the safety of everyone, all of my friends, everyone who feels terrified 5/?

everyone who is like me who can’t sleep. everyone who’s mental health is being effected, everyone who doesn’t feel safe, every single person before and after us will be effected and become a part of the change you want to see. for non blacks think about your friends 6/?

the people you love to smile for the people that you are (or used to) see daily, one “wrong turn” down a street can cost them their whole lives and you would never see them again. this is the time to speak out and stand out be the change you need to see in our communities 7/?

WE ARE THE FUTURE!! take this serious, i don’t want to ever get any phone calls at 3AM that someone i love will be gone forever. i am speaking for my life, my family’s life, my friends lives, most importantly my boyfriend and his family’s lives. think about everyone 7/8

united we stand they will not break our spirits