I never imagined I would see the day when change seems possible. It is time for us to disconnect from learning through the internet and start learning internally from ourselves. There is still a force that exists to continue the divide. If you do know someone who is a person of colour, have a conversation with them. It will change how you look at things. That is what we can continue to do to make it a real-life thing as opposed to an internet thing. This is about the people sitting at our kitchen table, and our next-door neighbour and every person we meet in a restaurant or on the street.

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Try to figure out, that person you see on the street, what is their existence like. Because by having that knowledge you can put yourself into their shoes. Being able to walk a mile in Mac’s shoes, we understand his pain, his burden and his frustration. The more we understand, the easier it becomes for us to identify with Mac. We each have a platform, and that platform is our voice. Use your privilege in a constructive way. Put your finger on the pulse.

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“Continue to do your part, educate and change your habits and help others in your circle do the same. When you hear something, say something. At the end of the day, check your privilege, period. Check it. You can’t do anything about the colour of your skin, the same way I can’t, but acknowledging and knowing how to help somebody else with the privilege that you do have is going to be key”.

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As long as we’re defending our behaviour, we’re not really hearing what just happened to another human being. As we’re being awakened to these realities, consider what you have done or haven’t done, and then begin to take active steps to change yourself. Change your character, attitude and develop a new way of thinking towards these issues and then help others do the same. When you begin to act that’s when it becomes love, and love is the more productive route to take.

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