My process/processing, Shahidi, 16, said of her open letter.
She continues: To strive to feel empowered is not a sin; in fact its an unalienable right.
The sin is to believe that your empowerment must be firmly planted in the oppression of others.
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But now that President-elect Trump is a reality.
asks Shahidi, before urging fans and readers not to lose hope.
We must ensure that the baton of progress that President Obama ran forth is not dropped.
We cannot lose our focus or momentum because of this car, tumultuous change of course.
We are not and will not become passive members of our society, concludes Shahidi.
I refuse to watch the undoing of centuries of progress.
We are Generation Z.
