Diaz Dixon saw the violence and destruction play out on TV and social media, Saturday night. That included riots in downtown Reno, where people vandalized the police department, city hall and federal courthouse, along with many other buildings.

"It's tough to see it happen in your own back yard," Dixon said.

The images had a big impact on him. So on Sunday morning, he talked about his thoughts during a Facebook Live.

"While I was gassing up the car, I said 'You know, I'm just going to hit this live button and just talk a little bit,'" Dixon said.

He says he didn't think much about it, and went about his day. It was not until later that day when he realized what kind of impact his video had made.

"As I'm walking back out to my car at the end of the day, I get a message from my wife saying 'I woke up this morning and you had gone viral,'" Dixon said. "So to my surprise, it actually had impacted many more people than I had anticipated."

The video has more than 19,000 views and more than 340 shares. The response from his friends and others who watched the video encouraged him to keep doing the Facebook Lives. He has done one each day since. Dixon grew up in Las Vegas and moved to Reno when he attended the University of Nevada, Reno. Now he is the CEO of the Eddy House, fighting youth homelessness in our area. His videos encourage unity, hope and positivity, along with some personal stories of racism as a black man.

"After the first video, I just decided to continue because there are a number of people saying 'I didn't know that bout you, Diaz. I didn't know that that was a part of your life, that this actually impacted you,'" Dixon said.

Dixon has been a long-time resident of Reno. He is a husband and father of a biracial family. He and his wife made their own Tik Tok video that demonstrated how racial issues are much different when you compare black and white.

"It's important for us that we're not all racing at the same starting line," Dixon said.

Dixon says there are very many examples of racial inequalities in our country. Some people have not seen it first-hand or they have not been the victim of racism. That is why he says it is so important to listen to the concerns in the black community.

"If it's something that hasn't impacted them or hasn't been necessarily visible to them, then it's not an issue and unfortunately for people of color, it's a regular ongoing thing," Dixon said.

The violence over the past week, following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis has opened up old wounds in America. It has also magnified the relationship between law enforcement and blacks in our country. Dixon says our officers do a good job, and wants to improve the relationships in our community even more.

"I think they do a really good job," Dixon said. "Do I think they can do more? Yep. They absolutely can because we can all do more on both sides, and we need to figure out how to do more."

Dixon says during these trying times, it is important that all Americans have the discussions to improve race relations. That all starts with listening and learning about each other. Especially as divided as our country is on many different topics.

"Just because you're standing up for something doesn't mean you're standing against all these other things but as soon as we get uncomfortable, we're quick to point the finger in another direction to divert the feelings that we have," Dixon said. "You know what? Let's get uncomfortable. Let's feel what we need to feel to get through this so that we can have transparent conversations."

Every one of Dixon's videos have been a little bit different. Each one came the morning after more news came over the most recent events in our country. It has been an emotional time but he thinks our communities will be better in the long run.

"Every single day, I've cried this week," Dixon said. "Every single day but I will tell you the tears that I have cried this week are different than the tears I cried last weekend, and that's what gives me hope."