Karen, a first generation Mexican-American, shares her fear, grief, shock, disbelief, and a deep sense of abandonment the night after Donald Trump's victory.
“I just feel as if I have this grip is closing in on me, slowly and slowly, I’m getting squeezed in and I’m being told I don’t belong here, this isn’t my place.”
OUR INTERVIEW HIGHLIGHTS
We met Karen at a prayer vigil in Brooklyn on the night after Donald Trump won the presidency.
In an emotional conversation, Karen shares how deeply wounded she’s left by the election results.
Karen was feeling “fear and grief, shock and disbelief and a deep sense of abandonment and feeling disenfranchised by not only my government, my democratic system but my own people, the people of my own nation.”
“We’re talking amongst ourselves and it’s important we open dialogues with ‘the other side.’”
“I don’t consider myself of a higher socio-economic status. I’m a student with over $50,000 in student loans, I struggle to make my rent, pay my doctors’ bills and groceries. I have no money to spare at the end of the month.”
“I shouldn’t have to be ashamed of my heritage and where I come from.”