You may find yourself caught up in conversations with people asking you why Blacks get so mad about cops instead of Black on Black crime.

Meeting a white person that tells you silly things like, “I don’t see color.”

Constantly watching videos of Black people gunned down in the streets by jumpy police officers that then receive a paid vacation instead of jail time.

When people get outraged that a ball player sat through the national anthem.

When right after a Black person gets murdered by the police the media posts up all of his/her personal business that had absolutely nothing to do with what just happened.

When Dylann Roof shoots up a church full of Black people and then on the way to jail, the cops turn into uber drivers and take him to get food because he hasn’t eaten all day.

When you have to comfort white people after Black people get shot.

When people assume Black parents don’t care about education because they can’t show up to the 10am meeting at the school.

When professional and educational environments are banning dreadlocks.

When non-Black people refer to cornrows as “Boxer Braids.”

When you are having a discussion with a non-Black person that is or has dated a Black person and feel that they are now honorary Black.

When you find yourself having to defend the murdered Black victim because the media puts him or her on trial in the eyes of the public as opposed to the actual murderer.