So the USA is headed deeper into this wonderful Master Narrative that confirms "whiteness" to be the definition of "American", so anyone who is 'Other' is indeed not an American.
Welcome to "Great America," where anyone who doesn't fit the concrete mold of heterosexual cisgender white christian able-bodied male is less of a human being, less deserving of a life/a voice/a choice, less deserving to be coined as human.
Welcome to my "home," where the intersectionality of my identities is invalid, and my identities are instead reduced to one category: minority. Welcome to a place where to be institutionally marginalized is a myth and to speak out against it or any other injustice is to be unamerican (not that it's a constitutional right or anything). Welcome to a place that's more likely to stick with party lines and ignore the experts and majority of voices saying, "something is very wrong, and here's how to change it."
Welcome to a place where the "American Dream" is broadcasted to all but only meant for a few. Your right to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness are not as unalienable as they seem, and the notion that all men are created equal is not a self-evident truth, but one that we still are trying to prove. Welcome to my country that preaches freedom and unity but has never completely achieved either.
Welcome to the land of alternative facts, unanswered questions, and unfulfilled promises.
If you ever find yourself here in the Great US of A (assuming you can pass the vetting process to prove your not a drug-dealing rapist and/or terrorist), be ready to fight for your right to survive .
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