I’m devastated. I’m sick of this hatred and racism.

I’m a white Jewish woman. I can’t even sleep because of the fear I feel for the black man who can’t even walk down the damn street for the fear they feel.

What can I do?

I’ll tell you what I do. I speak up when I see blatant racism. I call people out on their bullshit.

I don’t even speak to my next door neighbors anymore because of their racism, which they hid well from me until children were put in cages.

I see anti-semitism everywhere. “Oh. I didn’t know you were Jewish.” Oh. Because I don’t wear it on my face or wear a tag on my body or am not showing my “horns.”

Damn. It’s wrecking me.

Thank you for writing this piece.

Keep writing.