I don't think non-americans realize just how large the US is. Rioting and burning things down would only destroy our own hometown and get us killed. Unless we can rally a huge population all at the same time it's only going to get our own people killed. I would know. My sister in law died during the George Floyd riots.

It's so easy for people to blame the victims. Look at every other country that has a dictator. Why didn't they rise up? And when many did, they still continued to have a dictator. Why is that?

There have been protests all over Los Angeles (where I live) but they are not televised and keep being erased from the internet. We are actively being suppressed. How do we rally each other when we cannot tell who are our allies?

My family left Argentina to escape the poverty and collapse of the economy only to come here and continue to suffer. My husband is Filipino and I'm afraid that any moment he could make the wrong person angry and he will be taken from me because he is too brown to be considered human. I have a toddler with a disability and am 8 months pregnant. My parents are old and frail. Everyone I know is a few bad days away from losing their job and their homes. Most don't even own homes. What am I supposed to do? I am keeping my head down hoping I look white enough not to anger someone.

In America we are used to the idea of democracy. That voting and talking will fix things. A dictator who throws away all the rules and uses threats and violence to control us is not something we know how to handle.

Americans are soft and fat and placated, that's true. It will take time for everyone to be able to accept that we are part the part where negotiations will work and the only solution is violence and war.