The Divided States of America?
The past election season has revealed a huge fact to the American people; we are more divided than we thought. But is that entirely true? Did the words of bigots like Donald Trump effectively divide us more or did they unite us in some way?
As far as I can remember, only being in touch with what goes on in the world for about 9 years, I have seen only a few things. However, I think that it would be a pretty accurate statement to assert that:
Never before (within the scope of my existence) have this many people of so many different identities been offended, and threatened all at the same time
Each of us has a cause to fight for right now, and especially for women all across the country, intersectionality across identities are even more uniting and powerful than ever. But in case you're still wondering how this could all possibly be a good thing, I'll break it down:
Let's take the main 5 Groups that Donald Trump and his supporters have belittled, demeaned, and offended:
Women
LGBTQ+
Immigrants
Disabled
Muslims
Now let's break this down into intersectionality, this overlap in identity will increase the amount by which this presidency threatens a group.
But here's the kicker, the part that gets me really excited! All this hate spewing that has been occurring, can have a positive effect. It still sounds crazy I know but hear me out!
By getting so many different types of people all united against one cause, one message, one man and what he stands for, this "not so ideal moment" has become ideal in that it brings us all together.
As messed up and hurtful as some of these words and actions are, they have the overwhelming power to mobilize not just a small minority, but thousands of people to demand action and equality and acknowledgment.
So let's look at it this way! All Donald has really done is bring a lot more people together who would've never otherwise gotten to know each other, but since he decided to come for all of us, he has just created masses of nasty women and men who are all mad about different and shared things and we are going be sharing ideas to fight for what we believe in!
