Facts and real solutions:

When I was little it was still ilegal for a white person to marry a black person. I am a white guy and I don’t know what people of color suffer yet I know I don’t want them to suffer and I want them to be treated equally. Real change needs to come from what we are taught in our homes.

1. Martin Luther King never stole, destroyed or was violent yet he changed the world and continues to change the world long after he was killed. He ran for office and won and stayed involved using his VOICE to move equality forward.

2. Video evidence publicized has compelled police and courts to take legal actions and we should continue to film incidents and hold bad Apple cops and people responsible and get them out of the system.

3. Getting people of color and women to hold local and national political positions should be a priority as well as getting them to vote. My local counsel has been asking for people of color to get involved and be part of the counsel yet the counsel is made up of predominantly white people because that is who shows up.

4. My neighborhood is 43 percent Hispanic so four of those counsel members should be Hispanic. We need involvement from all ages. Being on a local school board, community counsel or city counsel is much more effective and has lasting results when compared with other activities that just shows our frustration and anger.

5. Public outrage when channeled properly can make systemic change. Looting, steeling and destroying property will bring consequences of higher taxes, higher insurance rates & criminal records that will affect people’s lives for years.

5a. People are saying peaceful protests do not work and that is simply not true although it needs to be combined with voting and people of color becoming a large part of the government and our law enforcement agencies. I was standing with a black officer from The Weber County Sheriffs Office at a roadblock last night and he was there to help protect and serve.

6. Companies are going bankrupt because of COVID and now his type of violence is also affecting not only white peoples businesses but many hard working minority business people had their businesses broken into which sets them back not forward.

7. I have been involved with LULAC for years to get people involved in positive activities of service, registering people to vote, educating the youth about their culture, taking an active role in caring for the elderly and speaking out to protect the rights of the oppressed whether it be people of color or people from the LGBTQ community.

8. LULAC is one of many worthwhile groups that set goals, have meetings, prodvide service and advocate for positive change on an ongoing basis.

9. Ask yourself what can I do to get involved to bring about a positive change in my community that will make a long term difference and help the entire community. Join a civic group, become part of a community counsel, run for office, support good honest candidates that are running for office and for goodness sake VOTE. If you don’t vote you don’t have the right to complain.

10. What can people of color do? Vote, run for office, go to local community meetings, get involved, become a police officer and show your neighbors that having you as part of their community makes the entire neighborhood better, safer and that you are just like them with families, goals and most important show your love to each other.

My friend below has spent countless hours volunteering for the Boy Scouts to help young people learn important skills.