Teachers describe the heartbreaking impact Trump’s hateful rhetoric is having on their students

[misterhighwasted]

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Teachers describe the heartbreaking impact Trump’s hateful rhetoric is having on their students.
Kids across America are listening—and they deserve better.

September 2, 2016 by Kat Kane

Fresh off his disastrous visit to Mexico, Donald Trump delivered remarks in Phoenix meant to “clarify” his stance on immigration. It turned out to be his most hateful—and arguably scariest—speech yet.

Trump painted undocumented immigrants as “thugs” and murderers. He touted ideological tests for people entering the country. And he called for a new “special deportation task force,” continuing his previous threats to round up and deport millions of people.

This type of poisonous rhetoric is the hallmark of Trump’s candidacy—and it’s seeping into America’s classrooms and normalizing hateful language as acceptable. Many have said that it’s inflaming racial tensions and producing a disturbing level of anxiety and fear, particularly among students of color.

The Southern Poverty Law Center surveyed 2,000 K-12 teachers across the country about racial and ethnic tensions in the classroom—and their responses were heartbreaking:

More than two-thirds of teachers reported that students—particularly Muslims and immigrant children—are worried about what will happen to their families after the election
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Some teachers even report that those fears are impacting their students’ education:

“I work with English learners and one of my younger, second-grade students has said, ‘If Mr. Trump is president he’s going to send us all back.’ She has talked about this daily and is very visibly upset. It is interfering with her learning in school and is frustrating to me because it’s having such a great impact on her education.”
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More than half of teachers reported an increase in rude behavior and uncivil discourse modeled after Trump.

“It is difficult to teach the campaign and maintain a respectful atmosphere. The gross disregard for polite conversation has affected the students. They say things like “Trump says..
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Even worse, teachers are witnessing increased bullying and harassment of students based race, religion, or nationality.

“I had one student comment that there were too many ‘Mexicans’ in the classroom. When one student (from Honduras) told him she found his comment offensive, he told her once Trump is elected she will be gone anyway. In another classroom, where I co-teach, a group of boys called another boy (from India) ISIS.”
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what has he done !!

[Ilsa]

1. I wish parents would keep their

Political hate speech away from children, who don't understand boundaries and filtering their speech. There is no reason to cause so much pain.

[misterhighwasted]

2. He's recreating Hitler's youth. Keep Bigotry Alive..Long Live the KKK.

How is this ever made right again?

[Judi Lynn]

3. That didn't take long.

Trump would no doubt be proud to learn anyone listens to him enough to mimic his vulgar, crude, despicable behavior.
He'd probably imagine it means they admire him, and that their parents do, as well, to allow that cheap sideshow to run on endlessly in their houses, in place of more meaningful pursuits.

[GWC58]

5. My 10

year old son can't stand tRump. Called him "a racist & bully."

[sheshe2]

4. Heartbreaking.

I posted something similar here. It didn't get much traction. It breaks my heart. The children.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12512395513

I will keep kicking your thread. This should be at the top of the page.