Lieve Lieve,

This is me, future you, writing you a letter.
Why am I writing you this letter? You are about to start your minor Cultural Diversity and I want to prepare you for what you are about to experience.
At this moment you think that you know yourself.
Well let me be clear with you, you don't at this moment and that is okay. This next half a year you will get to know yourself way better.
Let me give you some examples.
If I would ask you right now, are you racist? Of course you would say no. If I would ask you right now, do you see colours? You would say no, because everyone is the same right? And exactly that is racist. Well lieve Lieve, that is what you are about to learn and this will be hard for you to accept. Right now you are still a white innocent girl and now I can say that is racist. But don't worry Lieve, you are going to be very aware of you skin colour, that you are a white girl. But you are going to stop being innocent and Lieve, that is really important. And I'm really proud that I can say this to you. You will grow as a woman and as a human in our society. During this minor you will stand for something you want to continue, I can say you will be a activist. Something you definitely won't believe right now.
You will be very aware of your own body and other people's bodies. You will see things you don't see right now. But I will assure you, you will see these things forever. You cannot unsee them, and you don't want to. Our colonial past is everywhere. Right now you hope that this is something that happend in the past, but you can still see it in our everyday lifes. Don't worry, you will learn all about this.
I also want to prepare you for something else. Something that is really scary for you. You will cry during this minor. You will talk about your feelings. Scary right? Feelings. During this minor you learn how to talk about your feelings and this will help you with your project but also with your personal life. You will open up to people, stand up for yourself and cry. You will cry because you will remember what happend to you as a woman. But you will also cry because you are finally opening up to others but also to yourself. Be proud of this.

Lieve Lieve, I'm proud of you and happy that you are going to start this minor. I can't wait to meet you in half a year, because you are a better version of yourself now.

I love you,
Lots of love,

Future Lieve