Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson is the drummer for The Roots (currently the house band for Jimmy Fallon). In this NY Magazine essay, he shares his take on what the Trayvon Martin case meant to him. It’s definitely worth a read: “Imagine a life in which you think of other people’s safety and comfort first, before your own. You’re programmed and taught that from the gate. It’s like the opposite of entitlement … I don’t know how to not internalize the overall message this whole Trayvon case has taught me:

You ain’t shit.
That’s the lesson I took from this case.
You ain’t shit.