These are my thoughts when thinking about going back to posting as normal on social media.
Some of you have decided to show your support for the issues going on right now centered around racism. Some of you have maybe felt that it wasn't needed and that people are already aware of these issues, and didn't want to jump in on such a polarizing issue. But whether you have been educating yourself or not, you are probably feeling some feeling of apprehension in the wake of something as trivial as a black post on instagram or facebook.
What did it really take to show support and say/do the "correct" thing? Let's be honest, not much. Is it important to show your support and position on this, of course. But if you return to your social media today, or the next day, or whenever, with the exact same mentality as before, without really thinking about what it means to post online trivial things from our lives, then you are not having an internal conversation or dialogue.
I wanted to post my support to simply say that I care about these issues. I want to talk about them, I want to help make positive changes. I feel that if I just post something like my morning workout, or the food I recently ate, it cheapens what I said. Somehow, in some way, showing support to stop racism shouldn't be placed next to a bowl of ramen. My life shouldn't just go back to it's norm, it shouldn't just move on like nothing happened.
I want to feel like something can change. So let's talk about that. What can we do, what can we discuss, what can we shine light on that will help make real, lasting, meaningful change?