The Day that Donald trumped America: Fear over Freedom

/ M.A.Fernández

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Daybreak this morning was as unclear as to why a bigot is now the representative of a nation I have come to know as my own. Many might see the defeat of an untrustworthy female candidate who could put our national security in danger but I see the trump and victory of everything that is wrong with America. I open my eyes this morning to realize people’s intentions and thoughts towards many races and possibly myself are as unclear as to the weather on this God-awful day. A day where the sky was nice enough to mourn with all of those individuals within minority groups who can truly understand why the election of The Donald is a move ten step backward and not forward. Today was a defeat for women’s rights, immigrants, refugees, the LGBT community and downright everyone who does not fit into Donald Trump’s concept of making America great again. Today I lose my trust in so many fellow Americans who don’t care enough about others to comprehend why their vote undid everything we strived for the last 8 years with the election of Barack Obama because it’s not about the changes he implemented but the ones he represented. Today I weep over the realization that my freedom has been shackled and as a female minority, my hope and fearlessness has been imprisoned, while my anxiety and apprehension have been set free. My hope of being and feeling equal have been ripped from my heart and I’m left thinking what this choice Americans made will cause. I have never been more scared of being different and truly believe that until I am convinced otherwise I should not create an interracial family who will not feel safe, during the next four years. Today I look over my shoulder and wonder who thinks of me negatively and who does not. For the first time in my life I fear what is to come, as our ancestors and founding fathers tremble in their graves while witnessing how we spit and stomp on what they worked for; by allowing a racist, sexist and straight out bully take the reigns of our house. Today unborn babies are safer than living beings and we open our doors to threats of wars because we shall no longer apologize to our enemies, even if it serves the greater good. While in all, observing as our market slowly falls and businesses stay afloat because their taxes shall be cut. On this 9th of November, I recognize nothing will ever be the same, our eyes have been open and we have become intolerant to the idea that a bully, bigot, racist and sexist individual represents a false image of us to the world. This is not who we are, this is not what we want, this is not what we fight for. We might not be able to change the results but our voices shall be heard, it shall be known that blacks, whites, Latinos, Muslims and a whole gamut of races are not satisfied with the choice that was made. We may all combined still be a minority but we shall rise and we shall be heard, we will demonstrate that regressing is not ok. Once upon a time, we chose Barack Obama for a reason. We all wanted and want change, but this trump over America is not the change we intended.

-M.A. Fernández

13 thoughts on “The Day that Donald trumped America: Fear over Freedom”

    • I’m not judging him for what he might do. But what he has done and what he has made this nation feel. This nation is divided and racism is very much alive. “Black America” isn’t living in the plantations, and how about we go apart from black and white, Im Latin, so where would I fit in this scenario or is America only for Blacks and whites? We are supposed to be a melting pot, a beckon of hope. But let’s forget about race because this means near nothing to me compared to the fact, that as a women I have a president who talks about women as sexual objects, who does not make me think wage gap will ever cease to exist, who wants to take control of my body and tell me when I can and can’t have a child because all lives are important yet for some reason dosen’t think the like of those seeking refugees matter enough. Who is willing to build a wall just to keep out immigrants, I would be alive if my mother, an immigrant, have been deprived of the opportunity to meet my father because the president wanted to “make America great again”. But lets go beyond all that and let’s look at how he swears at people, makes fun of disabled individuals, overweight individuals, people for how they look, he is an outright bully. I hope to God that he may change is ways and he may lead the country in a good direction, but what he has shown is the embodiment of what America should not be and should not support. I gave him a chance during his campaign, if he wants another one, so God help me, he will have to earn it.

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  4. Thank you for following my blog today and I look forward to catching up on your posts. I know that this election was difficult one for many, but please try to remember that the half that didn’t vote for Hillary this time were equally distraught in 2008. I think what we need to do as a nation is to stop with the identity politics and to stop treating race, gender, sexuality and religion as a proxy for class warfare. I think that cultural relativism needs to stop, too. If it doesn’t, I don’t see the country ever truly uniting.

    Rob

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  5. Yeah, I’m distraught that he’s in office, too. The sad thing is I was certain he would win. I didn’t want him to win. I didn’t vote for him. But I had a feeling that he would win. Two years ago I called it out. People said I was overreacting. They said the poles didn’t show it. I didn’t care about the poles. Statistics aren’t always accurate. I observed my surroundings and saw a mob mentality, a group of people who wanted to blame others for their problems. I looked at the history I had read and I saw patterns with mob mentality and elected leaders in the past with what was going on now. I was very disturbed. Sure enough, he won the primaries. I knew then that he would be in office. Sure enough, he got elected.

    Still, don’t lose hope. You have friends and family who love you, and stand by you. And there are good people in this country fighting against the Trump administration. To know that there are people making their voices heard against this current circus of an administration, well, that is a comforting thought.

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