We must talk. I keep a stack of notebooks I write passing thoughts in. Here are a couple of those thoughts on this subject.

* It was the best and worst of times for civil rights. a camera still can not capture all the systemic tortures of racism.

* A kid who fails 9th grade twice is not smart enough to go to that particular church and ask for that pastor and do and say what he did. He had help. The worst kind of sick deranged help there is.

1.
You who pray for forgiveness and redemption after suffering another genocide hear me over the sobs. Do not equate forgiveness with violence aimed at black people whose blood soaks and stains the ground of America.

2.
You the silent racist who will not look at or talk about race. You have helped steal every place of safety from every black person. You never raised your voice to even protect a child.

3.
You the violent racist, you have stolen every now and future from people who are a pile of bones a mile high and growing.

4.
You who deny your racism, you have stolen every advantage and privilege from your color afforded you by the institution of racism around you no matter else you have earned for yourself.

5.
You who is fractured by racism whether you know it or not, you can begin to learn.

6.
You the black victim of 1,000 cuts of every kind may never trust a white person. This might punish yourself and them out of pure habit.

7.
You whose eyes are open are the best hope for the blind if they are ever to cross the street.

8.
You may be confused as to what is appropriate. You may simply ask.

9.
You should remember that it takes more than 20 seconds to consciously see anyone beyond your shortcut unconscious stereotypes of questions like friend or foe, competent or not. Quirky artists take even longer to truly see.