Boshemia designer and contributor Lauren Elizabeth reckons with America on the 4th of July in the wake of personal and collective loss.

You’re never going to get a racist on TV, own them, and change their minds. You’re never going to persuade people that racism is, in fact, bad by tweeting a solid burn. Save your outrage, it doesn’t work. Don’t tweet about them, don’t click articles about them, don’t watch videos where they’re spewing their bile, just ignore them.

Last week the Home Office tweeted out the launch of their #knifefree initiative, which involves printing stories warning young people of the danger of knife crime on takeaway chicken boxes. When the government makes targeted campaigns such as this, it alienates and villainises people of colour.

I'm not asking for much. I want to feel human.