Thread by @StillDelvingH

I will not pretend I know what black people experience other than by proxy (ie not every day of my life)
I'm so white at high school I was nicknamed "the corpse" so I won't pretend I get it all
Nevertheless as a translator I may be able to translate the feeling -at least partly

Look at the people you love -lover, family, children.
Look at them when they step outside to play, or run errand, or jog.
Now imagine every single time you know you may never see them again.
Because their skin makes them targets.
It only takes one shooter.
Every day.

Look at your home, look at the place where you feel safe.
How much do you fear being shot in that safe place?
How much do you fear the persons here to protect others -namely the police- could storm in or shoot you by the window?
Now imagine your skin makes you a target.
everyday.

Now if you come back from a night at the pub.
Quite drunk.
If you run into police officers -you might fear to be arrested.
But do you fear to be killed -choked on the ground- for painful, long minutes -while begging for your life?
Imagine fearing that for everyone you know.

Yes, a lot of people suffer, a lot of lives need rescue.
A lot of people can testify of that -eg Muslims, Jews.
But now imagine you're walking around with a target around your neck.
You can't hide.
You can but pray it won't be today, it won't be you.
#BlackLivesMatter