Why “Accepting our Differences” No Longer Works for Me

My personal view on the current political scenario as a naturalized US citizen.

A super excited “me” in 2008 — living the “American Dream”

I first came to the United States in June of 2008. I had left Brazil, my home for the past twenty-six years, with two hundred dollars in my pocket and one suitcase full of dreams. I had come to work as an au pair through an exchange…