Black boys have been murdered in recent years for playing with a toy, for taking out the trash, for playing their music in their car, for riding in a back seat leaving a party, for buying Skittles. Black men have been murdered for driving, for selling cigarettes, for walking down the street, FOR JUST BEING. For being black.

And yet we still have politicians who refuse to vote for an anti-lynching bill. We still have grown educated adults who think that institutional and every day racism is a thing of the past. Who deny what they see with their own eyes or make up bullshit excuses to justify the murder of black boys and men. Witnesses, video, audio, none of that matters. Because lynching is still "allowed" if a white man says he felt threatened or thought the jogger was a thief.

Tomorrow a lot of people are walking or jogging 2.23 miles to show support for Amhaud's family. If you can, by all means. But if that's all you're going to do don't even bother.

Vote for people who will put an end to racial injustice. Listen to black people. Call out your racist family members and friends. Talk to your kids about it. Even if you're not racist you can be damn sure they are hearing it on social media and at school. Stop.Doing.Nothing.