Really feel the need to say something about racial injustice and police violence.

But also feel pressure to put in an enormous amount of time in and "say it right."

This tweet is a reminder to myself that often, the highest-leverage thing you can do to effect change...

is to have real conversations with those who disagree with you.

Action on a small scale, but also on a human scale.

Of course, you can and should donate to the causes you support. And Tweeting and Instagramming is useful.

But if it all goes to "your kind of people" - the people who agree with you already - your reach is limited.

Everyone's siloed, everyone filters for what they agree with.

Them, of course.

But you, too.

Me, too.

So, if you're in a position of relative power, like I am -

Please try to use that position to speak to those around you, and especially those you might share little in common with.

In the end, silence is tacit approval, even if you don't mean it that way.

Doesn't mean you need to "write the perfect essay," like I wanted to do -

But it does mean you need to be OK with the discomfort that comes from speaking up.

Social awkwardness is survivable.

Systemic violence is not.

Please stay safe.