Trump Our President? OMG
Like many Americans I am in utter shock that an alleged criminal has won the highest ranking position in our county. With allegations of swindling students through his online university to horrific comments made publicly targeting women and people of color. Still he managed to rally the people who were in the closets and not so smart people that he is going to somehow change things in America for the better with his brute force. I cannot imagine what the next four years will be like but I can only hope that we will find a way to impeach him. The fact that he made it to this honorable position tells me that our country has some pretty warped understanding of life and leadership in America.
I admit that in some way I am not surprised. I think that our country people who are bigoted have in fact come out of the closets and are much more freely demonstrating their ignorance. What I fear now is that we will become more overt about our bigotry and racism. That we will fall back into the similar beliefs of the past when Jim Crow laws forbid Blacks to be in places where whites were considered more privileged. I am very saddened that a man who seems to be so "out there" when it comes to world views is going to try his hand at governing our country. There is certainly a part of me that knew that this was possible given the things I have witnessed with the Trumps of America.
Perhaps all of us are being asked to put our money where our mouth is and be seen and heard because frankly unless we are intentional about this we may not survive the next four long years. Everything in my fiber as a man of color screams for mercy but more over I am prepared to go to Washington and be one of those people who protests against Trump and his upcoming ideologies. I believe we are going to need to stand our ground as the minority of Americans who believe that we are all equal: women and people of color included. Certainly I hope that we will be strong enough to get through the tough times that will inevitably come our way.
For me this is a time of action and what I pray for is that we all stand up to Trump and that we make our voices heard in every way possible. I want to advocate for others who believe that Trump is not a good choice as a leader to pay close attention to his antics and believe me there will be antics on his part. Someone this arrogant will likely try anything because who would have ever believed that a human being like this would be voted into the white house. Yet what we must all have is faith and hope that our intentions for peace and unity will win over arrogance and false powers.
Elliott Maximo Collazo
I admit that in some way I am not surprised. I think that our country people who are bigoted have in fact come out of the closets and are much more freely demonstrating their ignorance. What I fear now is that we will become more overt about our bigotry and racism. That we will fall back into the similar beliefs of the past when Jim Crow laws forbid Blacks to be in places where whites were considered more privileged. I am very saddened that a man who seems to be so "out there" when it comes to world views is going to try his hand at governing our country. There is certainly a part of me that knew that this was possible given the things I have witnessed with the Trumps of America.
Perhaps all of us are being asked to put our money where our mouth is and be seen and heard because frankly unless we are intentional about this we may not survive the next four long years. Everything in my fiber as a man of color screams for mercy but more over I am prepared to go to Washington and be one of those people who protests against Trump and his upcoming ideologies. I believe we are going to need to stand our ground as the minority of Americans who believe that we are all equal: women and people of color included. Certainly I hope that we will be strong enough to get through the tough times that will inevitably come our way.
For me this is a time of action and what I pray for is that we all stand up to Trump and that we make our voices heard in every way possible. I want to advocate for others who believe that Trump is not a good choice as a leader to pay close attention to his antics and believe me there will be antics on his part. Someone this arrogant will likely try anything because who would have ever believed that a human being like this would be voted into the white house. Yet what we must all have is faith and hope that our intentions for peace and unity will win over arrogance and false powers.
Elliott Maximo Collazo
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