I need y’all to stop begging white people to be friends with black people. If they don’t take the initiative to form those fulfilling relationships themselves, then I can’t help but feel that any attempt to do so after provocation is on most levels disingenuous.

Furthermore, if it takes you being “friends” with someone in order to fully realize and respect their humanity (and act for their protection, support, and advancement), then THAT is the root problem to be addressed, not the monotonous color palette of your birthday pool party pic

I do not mean to say that white people shouldn’t form new relationships with the black people they’ve encountered daily up until this point. I’m saying that I wouldn’t want for them to be surprised if they have to continue to prove their sincerity to those rightfully skeptical.