SoulFix

I moved to The United States of America, also known as “the land of the free”, around 7-10 years ago. I didn’t have a choice or much knowledge in me moving here and I definitely was not briefed on America which I think would’ve helped tremendously or at least soften the blow. I was mentally checked out the first two years that I was living here and more preoccupied with adapting and acclimating to a new country, dealing with family issues, and relearning myself than to be bothered with politics in a country I can’t vote in yet. Still, I was very involved with organizations at school as a distraction and an escape. I also had very little friends which meant few conversations with opposing views. I started to make friends and open up more, inconveniently, around the time COVID-19 was at its peak in 2020. Just around that same time I graduated high school in June and started college later that same month. George Floyd also passed that year which created a domino effect of global movements...