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Opinion: America, You Broke Our Heart

Many of us are afraid today, not only for the nation and the world but for our very individual rights.

Opinion: America, You Broke Our Heart

Opinion: America, You Broke Our Heart

Many of us are afraid today, not only for the nation and the world but for our very individual rights.

Opinion: America, You Broke Our Heart
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America, you broke our heart.

I am 27, white. My boyfriend is 25, Latino. We are both college educated and from the New York area. We watched the election results live as they unfolded from my room, in a four bedroom apartment that I share with three roommates in Queens.

A local voter leaves her polling station on Tuesday afternoon. Gustavo Ponce for Bushwick Daily.

Many between the ages of 22 and 30 only had one presidential voting experience before this election: voting for Barack Obama.

We have spent our formative years believing in the possible. We saw healthcare reform, which gave members of our family the right to coverage. My boyfriend…

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