Dear President Elect Trump,

Hello President Elect Trump,

    I am a part of the "minority" that your hate speech has worked to erase. Now, I know you are sick and tired of hearing people call you and your friend Mike Pence out, but surely you understand I'm just a little bit concerned with what you have going on here. Allow me to explain, I am a teenage girl, and if it wasn't scary enough being a young woman this day and age, add in the fact that our future president has told his followers that it's okay to just go and grab women by the-

    Yeah, rape was already a common problem among girls in the US, and now we have even more reason to be scared. But if a young woman worried about rape isn't bad enough for you, let me tell you another thing. My family is from the wonderful island of Puerto Rico, the U.S. territory that you want to abandon. Not only is your hateful rhetoric affecting latino(a)s all around the country, your threat to no longer count Puerto Rico as a territory could greatly impact the economy and wellbeing of the individuals there. Not to mention, your nasty words towards our Mexican brothers and sisters are hurtful to their reputation and livelihood. You have your followers believing that they are drug dealers, rapists, and murders when white males are truly the ones you should be scared of. Plus, I do not see how you'll be able to enjoy things such as this (see picture below) when you have the blood of many innocent hispanics on your hands due to hate crime and are so far in debt from your infamous wall that America is barely getting by.

    Oh yeah, and another thing: I am also a part of the LGBTQIA+ community that your buddy Mike Pence wants to hurt. Did you know suicide rates are the highest among LGBTQIA+ youth, a majority of them also being POC? When Mike Pence says he wants to legalize conversion therapy, it has many of us scared for our fellow LGBTQIA+ Americans who do not have accepting family members. Would they be forced into this torture? Will they become another nasty number in a rising statistic of suicide? Tell us, Trump: how are you protecting us and keeping us alive? How will you save the lives of those like Leelah Alcorn whose own homes are a battleground? Do our lives matter enough to you to keep us alive?

    

    These are the categories that I classify as but what about every other minority you have insulted and threatened? When will our African American brothers and sisters finally get fair treatment? When will they stop getting shot down for just existing? When will this nasty and toxic stereotype surrounding the African American community get erased. When will racism become a thing of the past? When will we finally be able to realize that #blacklivesmatter? What are you doing to stop this? If you are going to be leader of this country, you need to fix this harmful trend instead of feed into it. I want justice for our beautiful Muslim neighbors. I want them to be able to wear a hijab peacefully and not be criminalized or put down for their decision. I want them to be able to meet together in peace and practice their religion, just like every other religion can. I want you to stop associating Muslims with terrorists, because that could not be farther from the truth. 

    So, President Elect Trump, were you listening good? I do not wish for you to fail nor do I wish death upon you. I want you to succeed at your job and surprise everybody. However, the fear that you will live up to your campaign's promises lingers over my head as I grow up in this nation you've adopted. Please, don't screw it up. We are all counting on you to make a change in your heart and demonstrate what America should be, the already great nation. (PS: Hamilton was awesome and if you can't take a bit of shade being thrown your way maybe being a president (or going to a theater) isn't for you?)