The Change We Seek

We can't wait for someone to change the world for us. We are the change we seek. send us letters and use the hashtag #deartrump

[thechangeweseek]

dear mr trump,

hear my voice. see my face. i am a first generation american. i am a queer, half asian female. you seek to destroy my future. you seek to destroy my happiness. if your presidency continues, who knows. gay marriage has only been legal for 5 years. when im grown up, will i still be allowed to marry my girlfriend? if someone rapes me and i get pregnant, will i, at 14, have to have that baby? in what possible world does a minor have to have a baby that she doesnt want. will my black latina best friend be beaten to death in the street? 

you are a racist. you do not care about my best friend. you’d watch her die without blinking an eye. you are a homophobe. you’d have my right to marry whomever i love taken away before i could feel it. you are a sexist. you dont care about the babies in womens’ wombs. you care about controlling us. we see through you. I see through you. we will NOT let you get away with this. we will take to the streets. 

we will be heard. your lies will be uncovered. i will not rest until my rights are secure. 

i will not be forgotten, 

a free, independent woman whom you will never control

[deartrump]

Dear Mr. Trump,

You are not my president.

Dear Mr. Trump,

Respect is something you earn. It cannot be given. It cannot be won.

Dear Mr. Trump,

Have you ever been afraid to walk alone at night?

Dear Mr. Trump,

Undocumented immigrants are not lurking in the shadows. They are members of our community. They are our neighbors, our friends, our family. They are scholars and business owners. They are human beings.

Dear Mr. Trump,

Why do they scare you?

Dear Mr. Trump,

The LGBT community does not exist to destroy our families or traditions or values or whatever else you may think. They are human beings with rights. Those rights are under attack. They need to be protected.

Dear Mr. Trump,

Everyone deserves healthcare.

Dear Mr. Trump,

Women are not objects for you to grab by the pussy. Women do not exist for your enjoyment. Women are not yours.

Dear Mr. Trump,

What even is “locker room talk?” Because last time I checked that violence doesn’t just stay in the locker room. It’s entering homes and hotel rooms. College campuses and high school hallways.

Dear Mr. Trump,

Words are as harmful as physical acts and chalking them up to “something men do in the locker room” is the root of the problem.

Dear Mr. Trump,

I have met Muslim Americans. You probably have, too. The funny thing is, Muslim Americans are just Americans. Despite what you may think, unlike you, they don’t all walk around promoting violence.

Dear Mr. Trump,

Climate change is real.

Dear Mr. Trump,

African American is not a synonym for inner city. The inner city is made up of people of all races and from all backgrounds. Poor and rich. I think you’ve been to Manhattan, after all.

Dear Mr. Trump,

“Black Lives Matter” doesn’t equate to “White Lives Don’t.” 

Dear Mr. Trump,

More guns is not the answer.

Dear Mr. Trump,

If we tell the world “America is Great” we cannot blame them for wanting to learn for themselves. America, as we know it, was founded by immigrants. My great grandparents were not born in this country. You and I have that in common.

Dear Mr. Trump,

I am scared. Not of Immigrants, People of Color or Muslims. I am scared because you have reignited a white supremacist movement so many have fought to silence. I am scared of your America. I am scared of you.

Dear Mr. Trump,

You are not my president, but I hope that maybe, behind the hate you spew, you are a man willing to learn about the things he fears. I hope that you will look out at the people whose lives are in your hands and think before you act. I hope that you can change. I hope that you will let me help you.

Until then, Mr. Trump, you do not get my vote. You do not get my respect.

Dear Mr. Trump,

You are not my president.

[thechangeweseek]

dear mr trump, 

         i want to live in a world where i can go outside without a gas mask. i want to live in a world where i can love who i want and where my siblings of color are safe. gay marriage has only been legal for five years. will it last another five? will you let it? my best friends have to worry about their parents being shot dead on the street. where are you to stop it? my friends wouldn’t have existed without immigration. why do you want to kill it? the forests are burning and our fellow humans are dying? what are you doing to help them? next election year, will i still be voting against you? people are slipping through the cracks below the poverty line because minimum wage is too little. have you ever done something to prove you care? women are being raped, assaulted, and abused. what have you done to help them?

sincerely,

an abrosexual, first generation american, proud immigrant, half asian, half european, ciswoman who wants to live in a world free.

[thechangeweseek]

dear mr. trump,

         i want to live in a world where i wont fear that my immigrant parents will get deported. i dont want to have to worry that my black father will be shot and killed by a racist white cop. dear trump, as an afro-latino woman first generation american... i just want to be alive.

sincerely, 

someone who has to live with what you’ve done because you can’t

[thechangeweseek]

dear mr. trump, 

         i am a biromantic homosexual female who believes in planned parenthood. i am the daughter of a chinese woman and an eastern european man. both sides of my family immigrated from their countries hoping to find the american dream. i am a young woman who believes that my body does not define my worth. that my brain is worth more than my breasts. that politics can still be redeemed, and that i can still make change.

      i am tired. of your threatening everything about me, and everything about my friends. i am tired of you supporting the groups and society that make me feel the opposite of safe. 

sincerely, 

someone who faces the consequences you wont.

[thechangeweseek]

dear mr. trump,

          im tired of your bullshit. im tired of your rhetoric. im tired of you making me feel unsafe. im tired of you ruining this country. im tired of you being the only thing the rest of the world sees when they look at this country. im tired of having someone who doesnt know what theyre doing at the helm of one of the most powerful countries in the world. im so tired. of all of it. 

sincerely,

a young woman who no longer gives a shit. 

[thechangeweseek]

dear mr. trump,

          i am a trans gay asexual boy whose mother is an immigrant and whos grandma was born under Japan’s control in WWII. I have autism and ADHD. I use neopronouns and have xenogenders. I am asian. I am assigned female at birth. I want you to see me and hate me.