Is The Trump Drive Creating Hatred, Fear In Schools?

By R. Siva Kumar - 17 Apr '16 09:12AM
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The 2016 Presidential election rhetoric is causing a new kind of fear among children of color, according to a survey of about 2,000 teachers in the U.S.

Titled "The Trump Effect: The Impact of the Presidential Campaign on Our Nation's Schools" by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), the survey assessed that his statements on other races and immigration have created a hostile environment in American schools.

The survey results, released on Wednesday, explained the situation of the colored students.

"Children of color, in particular, are being deeply traumatized. Many fear that they or their parents will be deported, or worse, after the election," the results of the survey read.

"Other students have been emboldened by the divisive, often juvenile rhetoric in the campaign. Teachers have noted an increase in bullying, harassment and intimidation of students whose races, religions or nationalities have been the verbal targets of candidates on the campaign trail."

Describing the plight of colored children in Tennessee, a teacher explained that when told that "kids with brown skin" would be deported, one Latino child asks every day: "Is the wall here yet?"

Another teacher narrated the story of a fifth-grader who told a Muslim child "that he was supporting Donald Trump because he was going to kill all of the Muslims if he became president."

Latino students have started carrying their birth certificates and Social Security cards to school, fearing that they would be suddenly deported.

Trump's strong rhetoric against undocumented immigrants and foreigners is the hub of his campaign, and alluring to a number of supporters. It just gets worse with time, sometimes resulting in brawls.

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