“I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."

With liberty and justice for all

With liberty and justice for all

As this last part resonates in my head

I don’t think how good or bad America is but I think of our love/hate relationship instead.

Never realized how I could adore something but yet despise it at the same time.

Dear America,

I love you for your freedom of speech, I thank you for your education and for the opportunities

But I hate you for the inequitable oppression

the constant cultural appropriation and microaggressions

It's a lot of things this imperfectly perfect country can fix

I could make a list, #1 Racism is in and everyone, it does exist!

You think I’m lying? Would you like proof?

Well just look at Dylan Roof

After killing 9 black people, he was sat in the back of a police car with a bulletproof vest on

He lay protected

They even fed him Mcdonald's while he lay unaffected

This is not fake news. This is reality, #2 on this list is called Police Brutality

You can’t tell me that this is not real

Because every time I leave the house my mom begs me if the police stops me keep your hands on the steering wheel

Or Trayvon Martin does that name ring a bell?

America, you let his murderer go free while his family goes through hell

Dear America what about immigration?

Working for low pay but face daily discrimination.

Or me? What about me?

Too ethnic

Or pretty for a black girl or

Too opinionated or too mad

But when this whole country was built on my ancestor's blood, tears, struggles and dreams

Realize I will fight for you but you first gotta fight for me.