This is for you, the Marine, soldier, sailor, airman, or whatever other title we give to the living tools of imperialist aggression. Look on these words and the unbearable whiteness of the page behind them and become woke to the dangers of the weekend.

First, check your liberty privilege. Many of your fellow service members are working this weekend, have duty, or are standing watch. Your time off is paid for by their blood, their sweat, and their tears, much like how the industrial might of America was built on the backs of slaves.

Second, be sure not to drink and drive.

If you are arrested in a military town, the police won't respect whatever privileges you possess, be they white, male, or able-bodied. You will be treated the way the police treat young black males, and inmates will show you how it feels to be a person of color in White America every day.