Black people are tired. I am tired. We are tired of being told we don’t see what’s happening to us with our own eyes. We are tired of being told not to trust what we’ve experienced for generations. We are being murdered. Whether it’s by the police, ICE, or at the hands of people we considered friends, we are being murdered. Yet this country expects us to become desensitized to it. We are expected to accept whatever narrative is offered to explain away another Black death. We

Many people now understand the history behind inequality. They can explain how policies like redlining, segregation, and exclusion shaped current outcomes. But awareness alone doesn’t change systems. Systems are maintained through policy, incentives, and access to resources. When awareness increases, those systems often adapt rather than collapse. This is why outcomes in housing, education, and healthcare remain consistent even as public understanding grows.