People of African descent call people of similar skin tones “sister” and “brother”. When you stop treating the tone of your skin as fraternal/familial connection, then you can stop giving those same people a pass in how they act in society. And real CHANGE can begin because it will be in your and their consciousness. As a person of Euro-descent, I have never been called “sister” by someone of African-descent.

Psychological segmentation and polarization is something you own. Black is not a culture or race. White is not a culture or race. You may think that’s absurd.. the govt uses these terms, of course they are a race. But they have no basis in regional origination (it was the media and prior social oppression that created them). There is no blackland where you came from. There is no whiteland that I came from. They are ignorant constructs of a different time. As long as you hold onto them, the “darkness in souls” will continue to damage and oppress.. well as long as darkness = evil and light = good. Search human languages (oxford dictionary for english) which equates dark/black with evil, dirty, bad and white/light with good, pure.. well.. “enlightened” even. Conditioned polarization. Psychology, language, terms.

Are you frightened by police? because of your skin tone? Well so am I, but it’s because they are humans with weapons and can make mistakes. I am as careful with law enforcement as I am with larger, stronger people and sketchy neighborhoods. You do not even perceive of this human’s (the cop) statistically exponential likelihood of getting shot by a young man of African descent . And that’s what cops are conditioned into. Through years of working neighborhoods, dealing with crime daily. You are not. They are being spit on, called pigs, antagonized and physically contended with. You are not. Neither is the media. Yet they are managing, deciding the discussion, magnifying certain victims, ignoring others and orchestrating America’s dialogue and mindset.

There have been thousands of injustices to other races that you are clearly not concerned with. Representing your skin tone is a illogical burden. Let it go.