Election hate crimes

We are at a point in history where we, as Americans, should understand that an election doesn’t determine our own future, we do! We go out to vote for the selected candidates, and other officials that we come to elect.
The disapproval of the elected officials can cause problems inside this nation, which makes hate crimes totally relevant to the situation.
Not everyone who feels the need to protest performs any of these acts because they dislike a specific race, however they do lack the understanding of the difference between a hate-crime and a protest. A hate crime is a crime motivated by racial, sexual, or other prejudiced feelings, typically involving violence. Specifically targeting a race is what our ancestors fought so hard to break the world out of.
Experts say that following this year’s election, hate crimes were significantly worse than those that occurred after the 9/11 events.
Personally, I feel there should be no hate to anyone that legally has the right to be here in this country.
There was a reported Klu Klux Klan sighting near our campus. Campus is supposed to be a safe place for students while they work on their degrees to create a better life for themselves. How can we as students feel safe to reside at this institution, when there are groups such as the KKK posing as violent threats with their presence?
Following the results of the presidential election, several riots from cities in Texas, California, Connecticut, and Colorado, shut down highways, campuses, and local businesses. The sizes of the crowds varied from 1,000 to 3,000 people. Many of them were supporters of Hillary Clinton and were shouting “Not our President” in regards to Donald Trump. There is even a petition that was created in hopes that the Electoral College will make Clinton our president when they vote on December 19 of this year.
Together this country voiced their opinions as a whole on which candidate they viewed more fit to be our nation’s president, but no particular party should be mad at the other.
As United States citizens we should come together to remove the outdated system that is the Electoral College. This system no longer voices the opinions of the people, because a president can win the electoral vote and lose the popular vote, and simply become president based on the results of the Electoral votes. This system is not fair for the people that vote because we all go out to vote to voice our opinions, and it seems as if our vote doesn’t matter because our state supports the opposite party.
The future is what we make it. One president cannot change our futures completely in one term, and the president most definitely does not have all of the power in the country to demolish 240 years of a nation.
To learn more information on what is going on in the country and how you can be involved, pay attention to the local news, and talk to state representatives, and senates to stay informed.