1/If you don’t watch anything else today, watch this. Listen to Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms wise condemnation to rioting with no discernible purpose.

Protestors destroying their own communities disrespects the lives of the murdered. Understand we

2/jointly own a responsibility to one another as a singular race. The human race.

Flying in protestors & setting up pallets of bricks to destroy windows in Black businesses; attacking LEOs diminishes our communities while bringing no lasting change; no lasting justice.

Reject

3/agitators until you understand their agenda. Question them. If they give no cogent reasoning & precise expectations, they’re playing you.

Educate yourself about the differences between peaceful & militant protest. See how one brought change & the other, chaos & loss.

Know our

4/history. Read pre- & post-Civil War, reconstruction, & Civil Rights media to grasp the depths of intrusion into the shaping of public thought. It has always been about division rather than information delivery.

Research these terms: Three fifths, Black codes, Peonage, Poll Tax

5/Demand genuine leadership. If you’re unsatisfied with your representation, fire them. All levels. Voice protests at the ballot box—demanding election integrity with photo ID; in-person voting; no ballot harvesting.

Claim emancipation by supporting minority-owned businesses