Another week. Another row of hashtags expressing support for a black person shot by police. It is fortunate that Charles Kinsey, a behavioral therapist for an autistic person in Miami, Florida, made it out alive. This time.

Are you ready white America? Are we ready to admit now that our government is intent on keeping African-Americans in a constant state of hyper-vigilance? Can we admit that “police reform” will do nothing to end the occupation?

I’ve written about this topic countless times as both a show of solidarity with black people and a civil attempt to open up a dialogue with other white people who are otherwise uneducated about police brutality, but I refuse to cater to your white fragility any longer. No one is listening -- either out of willful ignorance or openly bigoted refusal to talk. You, my white readers, if you lack the courage to actively condemn State violence deployed against African-Americans, then you are as culpable in promoting White supremacy as Donald Trump is. You are aiding the occupation. You are Dylann Roof. Nothing I write about this from here on out is going to be written in any polite tone.

Charles Kinsey was unarmed, compliant with the police, laying down with his hands in the air in order to show to police that he was not a threat to their safety or anyone else. He has no criminal record, dressed respectably and was attempting to reason with the police – reportedly he asked the officer why he was shot and the officer simply replied, “I don’t know.”

Why does he not include a bunch of hyperlinks I won't click on like always, you might ask? For the simple reason that you need to go look this up yourself if you can’t believe me or the facts. Do not believe police narratives. Do not say anything that remotely implicates police as innocents in need of public defense. They are agents of the State with all the resources that come with enforcing white supremacy at the local level. Black people are disproportionately under attack by police and people have the audacity to still blame the oppressed for their own oppression. Do we even want to know the stories of Latinx immigrants who can’t protest because they fear being deported? Do we want to know how Native Americans are aggressively policed on their own land? Do we want to hear how women are consistently harassed by police at “routine” traffic stops?

Question yourself, white reader, question how deeply invested you are in your own whiteness. How far are you willing to go to defend yourself and to insist you are not racist, that you treat everyone like human beings? Indict yourself. Then do the rest of us, the others who have already done this work, already attempting to aid black Americans as best we can, a favor – educate yourself. Educate yourself on the reality of "Amerkkka." We are not a democracy. We are not all equal. We are not “a Christian nation." We are an empire.

I hate shaming you all like this. I hate pretending I’m somehow better than all of you because I’m not. I’ve said the “n” word. I’ve repeated ignorant liberal and conservative talking points with no consideration for what those words mean or why I’m saying them. I’ve not looked at my own identity and how I uphold empire. But I’m tired of watching so many people turn away from oppression and injustice. The occupation will end someday. Will you be ready for that?