The unfortunate irony is that the very tool that may be helping to make more people aware of the racism and violence that Black and other people of color face is also helping to fuel their trauma.

In the wake of the recent killing of George Floyd by four Minneapolis police officers, global spiritual leader and elder statesman Bishop T.D. Jakes is calling for a national conversation on policing and race to be immediately followed by an action plan for police reform.

Protesting the murder of George Floyd matters and is necessary. It brings awareness to the systemic racism, police brutality and violence against black people – though many wish to ignore and still choose to deny their existence.

Mourners filed into a sanctuary in Minneapolis on Thursday for the first in a series of a memorials to George Floyd, whose death at the hands of police has sparked turbulent protests around the world against racial injustice.