2016 Election

It's pretty late right now, around 2:00am. I have class at 10:30am tomorrow, so I'm not too worried about sleep at the moment.

I'm only blogging for a few reasons.

We just had our 2016 Presidential elections, and I am honestly disappointed and afraid. I'm not afraid of Trump, I'm afraid of his followers. As a POC woman in America, I am afraid. I am afraid for myself, my fellow POC, my fellow females, my fellow LGBTQ+ friends and family. I am afraid for the lives of my friend's immigrant families, and I am afraid for my Muslim friends.

I looked at my Facebook feed, and I saw was fear, anger, and disappointment. I understand those feelings, but I don't know how to properly express how I feel.

I think it's mostly fear. It's hard to articulate this type of fear. It's fear for what happens to my friend's family. People I know personally, they are in danger of being seperated from their parents, and family's will be torn apart. Take Mariah and her mom, Sandy and her parents, Patrick and his family. Those are just a few people that can and most likely will be affected by this.

My Muslim friends. I fear for them as well. Like, Mustafa, he posted something slightly satirical, but it was tragic. I know him personally, and the fact that he might be taken away JUST because of the way he looks/the religon he practices seems excessive. Or maybe Ali, the same might happen to him and his family. I know Ali pretty well. He's been amazing to me, and because Trump won presidency, I'm worried for his family.

LGTQ+ rights. Those are going to disappear under his presidency. I fear for Natalie because, as she is trans, her life will be way harder than it already is. Imagine being a low income, POC, trans person, while someone who openly says he will discriminate against LGBTQ+ people is president. That worries me. The LGBTQ+ community has already fought for a ton of their rights, only to have them taken away again.

Women's rights. As a woman, I fear for my safety even more so. I believe that now, because Trump is president, people will use his actions as excuses for what they can do to women. Degrading comments, sexual assaults, and possibly even rape would be even more rampant. Only because certain people's logic would be like, "well, Trump did it, and look at him now. He's president, so it must be okay to degrade women/treat them less than human."

POC. I fear for all POC. As an Asian American POC, I'm worried that black people will be subjected more cruelly, at police stops. Stop and frisk would happen even more frequently to black people and to brown people as well. It's unlawful to be stopped and frisked just because you're "a black or dark skinned person". That's stereotyping/racist. I won't be surprised if we see more race driven incidents from now on.

I guess I am just fearful of what's going to happen to the people I love the most. I know I can handle it, but I want my friends and family to know that I have their back. I'm not sure what to do next, but the next best step for me to do is to get some sleep.

I will see you all in the morning. Please know that tomorrow is a new day, and as this election has told us, anything can happen. We can do something amazing. I love you.