1/ Privilege is real. Take a moment to consider simple things that our fellow fallen black community weren’t able to do. These are NOT human rights if we all can’t do them.

I can go jogging ( #AmaudArbery).
I can go birding ( #ChristianCooper).

2/ I can relax in the comfort of my own home ( #BothemSean and #AtatianaJefferson).
I can ask for help after being in a car crash ( #JonathanFerrell and #RenishaMcBride).
I can have a cellphone ( #StephonClark).
I can leave a party to get to safety ( #JordanEdwards).

3/ I can play loud music ( #JordanDavis).
I can sell CD's ( #AltonSterling).
I can sleep ( #AiyanaJones)
I can walk from the corner store ( #MikeBrown).
I can play cops and robbers ( #TamirRice).
I can go to church ( #Charleston9).
I can walk home with Skittles ( #TrayvonMartin).

4/ I can hold a hair brush while leaving my own bachelor party ( #SeanBell).
I can party on New Years ( #OscarGrant).
I can get a normal traffic ticket ( #SandraBland).
I can lawfully carry a weapon ( #PhilandoCastile).

5/ I can break down on a public road with car problems ( #CoreyJones).
I can shop at Walmart ( #JohnCrawford) .
I can have a disabled vehicle ( #TerrenceCrutcher).
I can read a book in my own car ( #KeithScott).
I can be a 10yr old walking with our grandfather ( #CliffordGlover).

6/ I can decorate for a party ( #ClaudeReese).
I can ask a cop a question ( #RandyEvans).
I can cash a check in peace ( #YvonneSmallwood).
I can take out my wallet ( #AmadouDiallo).
I can run ( #WalterScott).
I can breathe ( #EricGarner).
I can live ( #FreddieGray).

7/ I CAN BE ARRESTED WITHOUT THE FEAR OF BEING MURDERED. ( #GeorgeFloyd)

I’m grieved.

Say their names. Do the work. Be an ally. Not being a racist is not enough, fighting racism is a start. #BlackLivesMatter

“The time is always right to do what is right.” MLK