When I first found out that Donald Trump won the presidency, my immediate reaction was to pretend, This won't change anything. I remember my conservative family thinking the world would end when Obama got elected President back in 2008 and I remember being scared by their concerns too at the age of 12. But eight years later, I realized that the world didn't blow up and, at least in my opinion, any bit of change that did occur was for the better. Now, with my own political opinion that differs greatly from my parents, I see the Donald Trump presidency as my 12-year-old self saw Obama's--terrifying. I wish I could say that this won't change anything, but I fear that it will.

I am not a racial minority, I am not LGBTQ, nor am I religious. But that doesn't mean I am not scared for those that are, my friends that are.

While they were a handful of racial minorities that voted for Donald Trump, the President-Elect has been vocal about his support of Blue Lives Matter. While I fully want to believe every cop is here to protect us, it is hard to deny that there is unforgivable prejudice in the criminal justice system. I support the police force, but I won't support men and women, whose jobs are to protect everyone, who only protect a certain type of person. Additionally, Trump has made a vendetta against Hispanic people by threatening a wall and forcing Mexico to pay for it. He wants to make it exponentially harder to become a citizen of the United States, so for those in Central America wanting to join this seemingly great country, it's borderline (no pun intended) impossible.

Even though I am a heterosexual female, I fully support and give my love to the LGBTQ community and yes, they are very much at stake. Trump himself has not said terribly much on his stance on gay marriage although his acceptance speech stated he would protect them, but I think he said more than enough when he appointed Mike Pence as his running mate. Pence is a man who believes in shock therapy to "electrocute the gay out" of a person.

I believe everybody has the right to religious freedom, but I am a firm believer in the separation of church and state. Republican candidates always reach out to the heavily Christian population in America, promising a restoration of traditional values, a restoration of the prayer in school, etc. But what about the countless other religions in the United States? Christianity, though it may be a majority, is not the only religion that America protects under the Constitution. Every non-Christian citizen of the United States is entitled to the same protection as a Christian. So why then is Trump fear-mongering his followers against Muslims. My argument there is if you say not all Republican/Conservatives are racist, then not all Muslims are terrorists.

But as a woman, I cannot wrap my head around other females who support this man that has bashed our gender time and time again. You protect him by saying he didn't mean it, it doesn't matter, it's just his personality. But wasn't half of Trump campaign attacks against Hillary's "crooked" personality? He developed this persona for her based on her e-mail scandals. So is it not fair to say Trump is a misogynist based on what he's said? Someone who goes through wives like candy that expires after age 45, who makes sexual comments about his own daughter, who ranks and judges women based on their physical appearance rather than what they are capable of is somehow the person that is supposed to represent this nation.

In his acceptance speech, Donald Trump stated he wants to be the president for all people. I can't help but think that "all people" means everybody but those listed above.