To my white friends, I have a couple rhetorical questions for you. I don’t need to know the answer. I don’t need any sort of defense. This is something I just want to challenge you to think about.

When is the last time you had a person of color over to your home? When is the last time you invited someone of color to share a meal with you, to play with your children, to spend time together?

I’m not talking about family members. I’m not talking about coworkers while you’re inside the workplace. I’m talking about friends. I want you to survey yourself and really take a look at who your circle consists of.

But COVID! But I’m a homebody! But I just moved somewhere new! Okay... When is the last time you talked on the phone with a person of color? Chatted on FaceTime? Told a secret to, laughed with, confided in, cried with a person of color?

It’s important — especially in this climate of change and this discussion of racial injustice and in the midst of this revolution — that you take a hard look at who is speaking into your life.

If your community, your home, your friends list, your call log is full of mostly white voices, I am here to IMPLORE you to break out of your echo chamber. Burst your own bubble. Purposefully build a community of diversity.

Listen. Learn. Then advocate for others.

P.S. - While you’re thinking about all of this — What about a member of the LGBTQ community? What about someone of a different religion? What about someone who is differently abled than you? All of these questions are important, too!