My sister lives across the street from one of the first buildings to burn in Minneapolis. I'm devastated by the number of libraries, community centers, black owned businesses and low income housing complexes that have been destroyed especially in black neighborhoods. The forces driving the destructive behavior seem like they can be described as Americans being "blood drunk". I have my own theories about why things are so destructive right now, but it seems that many of my connections aren't interested in considering that the angry destructive actions may be harming black folks more than helping. I haven't seen enough people talking about the real problems of police unions and "qualified immunity" and how to solve those problems. But some people, like Killer Mike in Atlanta, are on the right track and that gives me hope.

I'm actually near Atlanta where some of the looting is. I'm mixed and partly AA, can't say I particularly approve of the violence given how dangerous and destructive it is.

Of course, what originally happened in Minneapolis is not excusable either.

Hope everything is ok for yourself, family and friends in your community and neighbourhood. Any idea how it might impact your work and living situation next week?

Everything is fine for me fortunately. The football hall of fame was really hit hard, and the CNN center took some damage from burns.

I really don't understand. ATL is the home of MLK(his house is open to walk-in). There is a sizable appreciation for the black community in Atlanta.

I am aware that part of the black community in Atlanta, especially black business owners don't identify with CNN. But clearly, it wasn't black business owners burning down CNN.

There is another side to the equation. Stone Mountain is also next to Atlanta. Stone Mountain is where the Ku-Klux-Klan(the organization at the heart of racism in the south) was reborn in 1915.

Fortunately, I work in software, so not much has impacted my job security :). In fact, I usually spent most of my day in front of a computer writing software, so not much has changed.