White people, this is our mess to clean up.
America did not become this divided, racist, and broken by accident. This country was built on slavery, protected by white silence, and maintained by generations of people who looked away from Black suffering because it did not directly affect them.
Since 1619, Black Americans have been forced to fight for basic humanity while white Americans benefited from systems we pretended not to see. Slavery, Jim Crow, segregation, voter suppression, police brutality, mass incarceration, housing discrimination, and modern white supremacy did not survive because Black people failed to fight hard enough. They survived because too many white people stayed comfortable, quiet, and complicit.
At some point, white people have to stop expecting Black Americans to carry the burden of fixing racism alone. This is our responsibility. This is our history. This is our mess.
When will we finally start giving a damn about people when their suffering does not directly affect us?
If we claim to believe in justice, equality, faith, morality, or loving our neighbor, then silence is no longer an option.