Why Sharing Videos of Black Pain is no Longer an Effective Method of Allyship

Now more than ever, I am ready to re-activate my pledge about refraining from the instinctual urge to share and repost graphic content about upsetting events, that are used to coerce the empathetic swell of disgust and horror.

The stinging repercussion of those actions exposes how very disturbing content only mildly beckons at the practiced intolerance that most online surfers have acquired from the lethargy of nonstop reminders about Black pain and the societal violence that ordains it.

There’s also the emotional trauma that Black people are subjected to in ways that are criminal and acutely dangerous.

It sickens me to think about all those times that I readily retweeted and even determinedly hunted for ultra-violent videos, showcasing Black women and children being brutally assaulted by White cops, in a quest to furnish the incriminating evidence that would undoubtedly prove why Black people need the unwavering support of White allies.

As humans, it’s only natural to believe that when we witness the horrific treatment of fellow humans, the next step is to spread the word about something that demands immediate attention for the purpose of alerting those who are out of the loop, misinformed, or stubbornly disinterested, about the urgent…