A Letter to my Father, The Man Who Chose Donald Trump Over Every Woman in His Life [View all]
Dearest Dad, I am not writing you this letter to change your mind about your vote in 2016. I am not writing this to sway you, to convince you that Hillary Clinton is the better choice. That is not my goal, because I know that is impossible, just as impossible as an attempt from your end to get me to vote for Donald Trump. I am writing you this letter to tell you how heart broken I am that you have made this choice. Not because I am a broke student pursuing a PhD in a field that is not exactly lucrative. Not because I rent an overpriced apartment in the Upper East Side that I struggle to afford. Not because I fear I will never be the one percenter that you have “pulled yourself up by your boot straps” to become, an immigrant Latino with no college education who built a multi-million dollar corporation from the ground up with his bare hands. Before I continue this letter to you, I must tell you that I am so proud of you. I am so proud of you for hiring the sort of men that deserve a second chance, that no one else would ever employ. My heart swells when I think of the blood you shed to put food on our table, to put a roof over our heads.
But all of that seems to lose its spark in the shadow of your support for Donald Trump.
https://medium.com/athena-talks/a-letter-to-my-father-the-man-who-chose-donald-trump-over-every-woman-in-his-life-85125feeee57#.106rhysbm
This is a long read but believe it is worth the time spent, doing so.
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