When we tried to escape captivity, you killed us.
When we tried to integrate into society, you lynched us, killed us, burned our towns and falsely imprisoned us.
When we tried to fight for our rights in the court system, you got racist judges, juries and lawyers to dismiss us.
When we tried to fight for our rights through passing laws, you got racist judges to gut and neuter those laws.
When we tried to fight for our rights by electing people, you disenfranchised us.
When we tried to fight for equal protection under the law, you silenced us and erected statues to rebels who fought to keep us enslaved.
When we tried to defend ourselves through the second amendment, you enacted gun laws that you previously opposed.
When we took to the streets to show our discontent, you called us rioters and firebombed us.
When we elected one of our own to the highest office of the land, you swore vengeance, sought to discredit his citizenship, and now seek to destroy everything he did.
When we point out that you silently accept the support of Klansmen, you deflect and blame another party.
When we protested police killing us, you took the side of the police.
When we protested in the streets and we were run over, you took the side of people who ran us over.
When we called out neo Nazis and Klansmen who attacked us and preached our extinction, you defended their right of expression.
When we protested the rebel flag and rebel statues for almost a century but are ignored, you only chime in when they might actually get removed.
When we take a knee, you ignore everything that brought us to this point and condemn us. That is the definition of privilege and ignorance.