as a black woman who grew up in a society that was hostile towards black people and people of colour, I always tried to raise my voice, but I was insignificant. People would just say "shut up, who cares", make me feel bad or stupid. I have to survive staying in silence because I couldn't express the pain and the anger I was feeling. Imagine crying because of your skin color. Imagine wishing so bad to be like the other kids, you would actually start to hate yourself and your culture. Imagine having panic attacks before getting on the school bus with the awareness that your racism classmates would humiliate you publicly. Imagine being unable to defend yourself when your "friends" make racist jokes.
What happened in these days is nothing new. Racism is everywhere, it's supported by institutions and by the mainstream culture.
We've been talking about for centuries, yet there's no progress. Your ignorance is killing us, your coward silence is killing us. Just stop saying "not all white people" and "all lives matter", stop shifting the attention on yourself and on your privilege. Inform yourself and other people, use your privilege to help us reach those who won't listen to us.
We are tired.