For background: I am a married white male, in 50s, with one teenage child, and I've made a comfortable 6 figure income for a number of years now. And I had three honorary godfathers that were my father's best friends and good friends of the family (Haitian, an ex-Black Panther, and an Asian-American real-estate broker). But I wasn't always comfortable - I have worked in metal finishing plants, leather-working plants, and for ARC when I was much younger and struggling. This whole thread speaks to privilege to me.

There are people who do not vote because they cannot afford the couple hours or so away from their job without fear of getting fired. And we think someone should quit, before even getting another job, if they disagree with a company's stance on a social media issue?

If you were a cop, then yes..I could see quitting, though the braver thing would be to stay, rise, and change from the inside (just watch your back).

You want to help, and your organization is not one of the ones actually killing Americans? Don't quit your job. Unless you are truly essential personnel you leaving will be a hit, but one the company can likely recover from pretty quickly with not too much pain. Instead: Speak out; take a stance; help protesters and civil rights leaders locally with your donated skills. Better yet, also work to convince your company to take a stand.

I applaud anyone's desire to protest, in any way they feel comfortable with. I also applaud anyone's desire to be an ally without protesting, in however you can, if you feel you have to protect your life and those around you and protesting scares you too much that you won't be able to do that. I do not applaud anyone who protests as a way of getting likes, or protests as a way to act out, or protests as a way to say 'look at me'.

Also, if you protest..act out, but abhor violence. As Presiden Obama said..civil disobedience and the political process are not mutually exclusive and must be used hand in hand together until you are heard.

Actions speak louder that words. I abhor violence now, and do not advocate it, but I remember an incident when I was 10 in W.Va. A senior in high school, a white kid, was picking on three of us, myself and and white boy (B) in my class and an African-American (C) in our class. He was picking on the African-American boy the most, with racial epithets and physical shoving and occasional punch as he would walk by. This happened over a span of time.

C was upset but didn't want to tell his parents. He told me was ashamed that he was being singled out. Let that sink in a moment. The victim felt ashamed for being victimized. The other boy B said we should avoid him as best we could, changing where we played and missing out on playing on the river. It happened again and again until I got fed up, picked a broom up by the handle, swung it over my head and whacked the senior in the head with the other end, making him need 5 stitches. I should have tried non-violent actions, but I did something, whereas B did not. I got a lot of trouble for that, but he never picked on any of us again.

The point of the story is that action that has impact is needed. Action without action is action for the sake of saying you did something. And yes, I abhor violence now, but I cannot blame people for violence during protests when they can go buy baby formula in the middle of the night and wonder if they'll be killed by those who are supposed to protect us, for the crime of DWB.