Mr. Trump,
I am going to start with the most important and shortest statement first: I don't want you to become my president. I am going to work against you in every way I humanly can. Here is why:
I am a Latina, born in the U.S. My parents are citizens of this beautiful country. My father, may he rest in peace, fought in Europe during World War Two. He was in England, France, Bastogne, Belgium and Germany. He landed on Omaha Beach on D-Day. He fought his way to Bastogne, and fought in the Battle of the Bulge, under George Patton. He suffered an injury during the war. Thankfully, it wasn't serious, so he was returned to the front.
When he came back to the U.S. in 1946, he wore his Army uniforms because that is all he had. After getting off the ship in New York, he boarded a bus to come back to southern New Mexico.
Let me tell you what my father, Enrique (Henry) Cedillo, experienced on his trip through this country: Discrimination and racism. Blatant racism. Remember that he wore his uniform on those buses? Good. As the bus stopped in different cities and towns, so passengers could take care of business and eat, daddy would sit in the dining areas of restaurants and order a meal. He had the money to pay for them. And he did.
The only thing is, he wasn't allowed to eat in the dining areas of those "fine establishments." Because of his swarthy (that's dark to you) skin tone and black hair, he was feared by the owners and managers (many of them white) of those eateries. Where did he eat? Standing in the kitchen and swallowing his considerable pride, along with his meal. At stop after stop. Despite the fact that he had obviously fought for a country that didn't appreciate his sacrifices.
If you don't remember your verbatim statement on Mexicans, rapists, drug runners and criminals, I'll paste it for you here:
"The U.S. has become a dumping ground for everybody else's problems. ... When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best. They're not sending you. They're not sending you. They're sending people that have lots of problems, and they're bringing those problems with us. They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists. And some, I assume, are good people."
Your words stand and speak for themselves.
Let's go back to my father. I mentioned that he was born here in southern New Mexico. After New Mexico was admitted to the Union. His father and grandfather came to what is now the U.S. This was before New Mexico became a state. So, you see, our family has deep, deep roots here in New Mexico.
Now, here you are, still trying to justify the "rightness" of your words and beliefs to everyone. NBC has fired you. Univision has severed its ties with you. The co-hosts of the Miss America pageant have done the same. Miss Mexico isn't going to compete in the Miss Universe pageant. The pageant is going to be live-streamed because it's not going to be shown on NBC, Univision or Televisa. This is probably the most hilarious fall out of your disastrous tendency to "open mouth, insert foot."
While you go stomping and fuming about, loudly insisting that you are right, everyone you have defamed has gone about their lives and work with dignity. My own father bore the racism to which he was subjected with dignity as well. After all, if he wanted to eat, he knew he would have to move himself to those kitchens.
Just in case you manage to make it all the way to the nominating convention as a candidate, I am going to make one strong suggestion to you: If you come to New Mexico, turn your plane, train, car or buggy around. If you do come into this beautiful state, do not hire any mariachi groups. After what you said about my people, it's not likely they would play at any of your campaign events.
Oh. I have two grown sons. Neither one of them has gotten involved in crime. They are both productively employed. One is about to go into college and the other graduated with a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering. I am deeply proud of both of them. Both of my sons are heavily involved in music after learning to play the trumpet, violin, guitar and piano. Hmm, where are their drug and rape charges? Those are nonexistent because they have not committed those crimes! In fact, their friends are just as productive, having gone to college. Friends working in engineering, the military, education, the music world, owning their own small businesses. . . shall I go on?
Because, Mr. Trump, I can tell you just based on my own family's experience, your comments were made using an extremely broad brush. You have defamed millions of people, just here in the U.S. Is it any wonder that companies are backing away from you like they are?
To recap:
Father: U.S. citizen, fought in WWII. Worked for 40 years for the federal government. No criminal record.
Mother: Worked and raised five girls. No criminal record.
Sons: College graduate and soon-to-be college student. One works for the government and the second works for a large private company (not yours, thankfully). No criminal records.
Sisters: All employed, no criminal records.
Nieces and nephews: One college grad, working for a private company. Two college students, three high school students. No criminal records.
Me: I am the owner of a small writing/editing consultancy business. No criminal record.