‘The Trump Effect’ is contaminating our kids — and could resonate for years

[FSogol]

Think we’re in for a disastrous four years if Donald Trump is elected president?

You’re being optimistic. Given what some of our children are learning from him, it may take an entire generation to recover from the hateful rhetoric he has aimed at immigrants, Muslims and Blacks Lives Matter protesters.

Trump’s vitriol is making it off the campaign trail and into the lingua franca of children at an alarming rate. Just watch coverage from Trump rallies to hear the next phrases kids will be slinging at school.

“Build the wall!” That was the chant at a high school basketball game in Indiana last week, directed by kids from a majority-white school who held up Trump signs and yelled at the opposing players and fans, who were from a predominantly Latino school.

Rest of the Petula Dvorak WAPO article at:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/the-trump-effect-is-contaminating-our-kids--and-could-resonate-for-years-to-come/2016/03/07/594a7f46-e47a-11e5-a6f3-21ccdbc5f74e_story.html?wpisrc=nl_buzz

[Rex]

1. And we are still feeling the damaging effects from Reagan and Bush and Cheney.

Great, just what we need...another 'anti-roll' model to fuck things up further.

[spanone]

2. K&R...

[Atman]

3. My grandkids were arguing over toys the other day, and...

...the older one pointed her finger to the door and yelled "GET OUT! GET HER OUT OF HERE! JUST GET OUT!"

Then she tried to build a beautiful wall around her blankie fort.

[FSogol]

4. Yeah, it is all fun and games until the Feds show up with a Federal Housing Discrimination lawsuit.

[CrispyQ]

5. This is very disturbing.

I read an article yesterday about how kids pick up racist attitudes super fast.

[Wellstone ruled]

6. Our Media has lost all

responsibility in their duty to inform and correct the over the top statements by the Drumpfster. There has been a steady amping up of Hate and disenfranchising speech since Nixon's Reign. As long as there is not any push back,or a shaming attempt,it is only going to get worse.

And as someone mentioned about their Grand Kids going at it,well,same thing happened few weeks ago with our Grand Daughters,the name calling and insults just got over the top. Broke our rule of never getting involved when their Parents were present,had it,sat both down and had a real teaching moment with both.

[pampango]

7. Even if his nomination, if it happens, leads to a Democratic landslide his rhetoric has polluted

the minds of too many and 'legitimized' the racism/xenophobia of people who had been relegated to the 'seldom-spoken-of' fringes of society.