“Because they love getting pushed inside ovens!” “Why do Jews love baking cookies so much?” I remember in elementary school, someone made a joke to me: But, once I told people, I noticed I was treated a little differently. Now, I’m not usually the victim of sexism and racism, probably due to my white privilege and people not knowing I’m both Latina and Jewish (unless I told them). Not even 24 hours later, a tweet circulating social media around 8:15AM saying how these stories were “totally phoney, 100% made up by women (many already proven false) and pushed big time by press.” Not to be dramatic or anything, but my jaw dropped and I started shaking from anger. Obviously, it isn’t going to change bills overnight, but it does show just how many people have been sexually assaulted. On October 16th 2017, there was a social media movement where sexual assault survivors would use the hashtag #MeToo. What really, really bothers me though, is the most recent act of bullshittery going on in the White House. It truly bothered me when people of a specific religion were banned from coming into our country it bothered me when people of a certain ethnicity were labeled as rapists, when in fact they were not it bothered me when he admitted to grabbing women by the pussy, yet received no consequences and was later elected as President of the United States. I care about helping women, I care about representation of all peoples, I care about justice for all religions, races, and cultures. The phrase “you only really care when it happens to you” has never been so true to me until this point in time. But, everyday I am somehow able to be shocked more and more by his actions and his words. I thought I could stick out four years of this, and I thought things might get better. Any names that have * next to them imply a false name in order to protect the identity of the individual mentioned. ![]() ![]() ![]() *Note: This article may contain trigger warnings, so please read with caution.
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