I think that this blog post was aptly named considering what day it is.
Today is the inauguration and i've led most of this campaign with my head turned.
I am aware of the politics that led up to what happened, i've listened to all sorts of voices much more knowledgable then I am. Moderate, liberal and yes, conservative.
Presently i'm sitting at the impact hub with other techies, over Nerds of Color because right now that is what I need to be surrounded by. Nerds and people in tech. People who want the greater good but have been called to create.
I couldn't bare to watch it on the phone, the laptop. I couldn't bare to deal with it alone and so I am not but I know not everyone has that choice.
I've seen so many friends turn away, ignore or not realize what a privilege it is to be able to vote and/or even live in this country. However, it is their life and not mine and at some point i must understand that what they do with their eyes, ears, toes and fingers is not my own. I can only control my power and to whom I spend my energy on.
That quiet hum can make me feel sick when the sad truth is that so many terrible decisions, rhetoric and hate has been normalized. Satire has become reality.
I cannot change the past but at least here, the world hasn't completely warped yet and maybe after a couple of cups of coffee I can go outside again without fear of someone telling me to go back to my own country.
I haven't been on this earth long enough to really know how to fix it, but I know what is right and what is evil.
I hope latinos out there know you are needed and love here. Our community let us down in this election. We cannot ignore that we too are a stigmatized community and we have to get up off of our asses and be apart of a bigger and better world.
I love this country and i'm blessed enough to live in a place where a woman can go outside for a jog in the middle of the night and not be hurt or shamed.
anyway, that's it. that's as much political banter as you'll get from me.
