I need to thank the acquaintance who showed me a story about college students too upset to take a test after this election.
It got me thinking. It got me writing. When I don't know what to say, I write.
I can empathize with these girls. What they thought was so obvious, was not.
They thought it's obvious that you don't grab a girl's pussy. Doesn't matter if you are a rich white man. A girl's pussy is just that, HERS.
No, people don't feel that way. The new president doesn't feel that way.
People say, just toughen up. That's just the way it is.
Now these girls wonder "why bother reporting that campus rape" People don't care. People won't believe them
I grieve with them. I have a daughter. I want to think she would be safe on a college campus. But now I wonder.
They thought it was obvious you treat all people with dignity. That you don't make fun of a person's disability. You don't hate someone because they look different than you, they worship differently, they speak a different language, they live differently. They were wrong. People say, America, love it or leave it. Everyone needs to be the same. If you point out a place where it could change, you must not love it. You might be a bad hombre. I grieve with them. My family is diverse. I want them to be accepted. I want my black son to be accepted even when he is 20+. I dont want him subject to stop and frisk, just because he fits a demographic. I don't want my disabled son ridiculed. But now we know a huge demographic believes it is okay to stop and frisk my son and to make fun of my other son.
The only child that benefits from this election is my oldest. He benefits from white privilege. That makes me sad too. But I know my son, he will use his privilege to fight the bigotry and hate. THAT makes me happy.
So I grieve
But I know something these girls haven't figured out. Yet!
Life goes on.
And if they look closely, they will see the majority of the people in this country reject hate. Reject bigotry. They can see this in the popular vote. They can also see that most of the people in their demographic believe the same way they do.
When they figure it out, they will work harder for the next election.
And they will be thankful to DJT.
They will thank him for removing the masks. For exposing those whom they believed to be on their side, for the people they truly are. It will make life so much easier.
So while I grieve, I move forward. I am stronger and more resolved than ever. And I have hope in the youth of this country.
