Schools fighting racism in the age of Trumpism

Joel Windle

By Joel Windle
Community contribution / February 9, 2017

Donald Trump´s victory in the US presidential election was based on two broad appeals: his ability to cast himself as an outsider to a rotten political establishment and his ability to present ‘the nation’ as under attack from migrants and minority groups.

Although Trump’s ascension appears to represent a shocking new turn in world events, the second strategy is well established in ...

This story appeared in the February 2017 edition of Australian Teacher Magazine.

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Racist and xenophobic ideologues have certainly received a boost, and increased media coverage from the Trump win, and it is worth considering what schools are already doing, or could be doing, to combat racism.

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