(From the two minutes silence at Beyoncé's show last night ❤️)

I don't have many words about these tragedies and senseless acts of violence against black people because they've all left me rather speechless... It's been centuries and there is still no peace, no rest and no real safety for people of colour. I am tired of seeing these stories, and so sad to know that they are just the reported ones. There have been 560 police murders in 2016 alone in a supposedly free and democratic state. To me that's inhuman. It's not right to kill our fellow man and to treat anyone with anything other than love. Misplaced hatred is what brought us to this point and instead of help we have more bullets fired and more violence committed against our brothers and sisters. They are all our brothers and sisters because they are human. 

We are shot with and without guns, evidence, or trial. Accountability is tossed aside, and the maimed bodies are displayed on news outlets and front pages for all to see (completely desensitising us to violence against certain ethnic groups). 

We all have hopes, dreams and the right to fulfil them just like everyone else. Yet in the media people of colour are made into caricatures and stereotypes with no real developed sense of emotion; and people take these portrayals seriously and treat us as such. It's ironic though because for me the real lack of humanity is in how people of colour are treated, and people's lack of support. 

All I can do is pray, help where I can with donations, spread the word and raise awareness which I'd encourage us all to do. When you are accustomed to privilege, equality can feel like oppression but it truly isn't the case. We shouldn't fear taking a step towards freedom, equality and love. 

This is never not relevant. 

Stay woke and take some time out to pray for yourself and others. It can be damaging seeing and hearing all of these awful things. 

Stay safe, don't forget the grieving and don't forget to pray for those that wrong their fellow man. There's clearly something wrong that only light can fix. 

-Dalanda