--Originally published at Coding The Future
It's been a while since I wrote my last article, and truly I tell you, I wanted to write this article before. I was planning to write this article right after the U.S. election. But then I decided to write it after Remembrance Day. And then I had to push it again, but for a legitimate reason: I needed time. Time to think about the current situation, and time to process all the events that happened in just a matter of days.
Today's topic is not necessarily related to my career, but I am writing about it because it will have an impact in my future, especially since I am part of a minority, and I am Mexican.
After a tough fight, Donald Trump became the president-elect of the United States on November the 8th (also my grandma's birthday). At first, I could not believe it, because all the polls clearly pointed at Clinton as the potential winner, but apparently things weren't as good as they appeared to be. And don't misinterpret me, I am not saying that Hillary was a perfect candidate (she wasn't), but at least I believe that she was more a inclusive and open-minded candidate.
The following days, I sank into a strange kind of crisis, because I was worried about what the future would hold, not only for me, but for my fellow Mexicans. Even though I am not in the US, and I am a permanent resident in Canada, I worry about my country's economy being affected, I worry about the effects that the possible mass-deportation could bring, I worry about the violence that could come as a result of the US government forcing Mexico to pay for the wall, I worry about the suffering that many families will Continue reading "LOVE TRUMPS HATE? – A student’s views on politics"
