"He wants to get rid of all the Muslims": Mexican American and Muslim students' use of history regarding candidate Trump

This study employs a multiple case study approach to examine the use of history of Mexican American and Muslim middle school students vis-à-vis Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign. The findings suggest the participants used historical examples of discrimination to contextualize candidate...

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Published inTheory and research in social education Vol. 48; no. 3; pp. 346 - 374
Main Author Yoder, Paul J.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Routledge 02.07.2020
Subjects
Activism
Election
Elections
Hispanic American Students
History Instruction
marginalized
Mexican Americans
middle school
Middle School Students
Minority Group Students
Muslims
Political Attitudes
Political Campaigns
Political Candidates
political trauma
presidential campaign
Racial Discrimination
Resilience (Psychology)
social studies education
United States History
use of history
Virginia
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Summary:This study employs a multiple case study approach to examine the use of history of Mexican American and Muslim middle school students vis-à-vis Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign. The findings suggest the participants used historical examples of discrimination to contextualize candidate Trump's rhetoric and to bolster their identities as both immigrants and Americans. Their cases provide important evidence of the ways in which marginalized youth can use history as a source of resilience and resistance. The findings add to the literature on use of history as an analytic and pedagogical tool and suggest that social studies educators are uniquely positioned to support students through confronting political trauma.
ISSN:0093-3104
2163-1654
DOI:10.1080/00933104.2020.1773364