2020 seems to be like that horror movie we are too scared to watch yet we continue to peel back our fingers because we can’t stop watching. We can’t stop watching what continues to unravel as each month progresses.

And with recent events, the horror movie reached its climax as the whole world watched a black man by the name of George Floyd plead for his life numerous times in the hands of police custody, or should I say police brutality because that is what it is.

For so long, we have witnessed the senseless killings of our black people at the hands of the police and it further reinforces the disease that is racism. Racism, as we know, is prejudice, discrimination or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one's own race is superior. In the last 400 years this has been the case, from the capturing of the first 20 Africans who were enslaved against their will back in 1619 and if I’m honest, I ask you the question - what has changed?

I’m hoping that as you read this you become a little infuriated. This is good because I hope you’ll channel that anger and rage in wanting to do what is necessary to bring about change and equality that black people have practically been begging for; because we have repeatedly been ignored and continue to experience this modern-day lynching by our white counterparts on a day to day basis.

The outrage at the atrocious and barbaric murder we all witnessed for almost 9 minutes online sent shockwaves throughout the world, uniting black people from country to country who now demand not only justice but a revolution. It leads me to question you - what is your ‘why’?

Over the decades, we have suffered so many senseless murders, from the likes of MLK all the way down to Trayvon Martin but enough is enough! The large protests and outcry for justice have been so encouraging and uplifting but we must remember that this is not a trend.

The movement that is Black Lives Matter is simply not something that sparks up every now again for us to be fired up by to then have that fire quenched and eradicated but must now continue to be shoved down the throats daily to remind people that we matter!

There is nothing uncomfortable about posting a black square and commending yourself for ‘speaking up’ when in fact all you have done is simply the bare minimum. This conversation about racism is supposed to be uncomfortable and hard to swallow for those who do not understand the implications of it.

So continue to protest, continue to speak up, continue to sign petitions and most of all, continue to donate your money where possible but do not let this be an act of performative activism for you to then return back to your daily life after all this has died down. It matters now more than ever that you educate not only yourself but others on the history of black people and what we have been fighting and continue to fight for each and every single day.

Read books on race relations, watch documentaries on those who have been fighting the good fight, engage in conversation and call out those who are ignorant and do not want to learn. Submerge yourself in black history and culture as much as you can to stay educated because as a wise man once said…

For the marriage of wisdom and wealth equals power.



Seeking approval for your activism on social media is not activism at all. Again, this is not a trend. This is real life. Real people. Real stories. The Black Lives Matter movement is not an aesthetic or challenge or simply diminished to just a #HASHTAG and I urge whoever is reading this to remind yourself what your why is.