Youth of Color Living and Learning in the Age of Racial Paranoia: What Social Justice Educators Need to Know

Fearing the other has been entrenched in the minds of many Americans. With Donald J. Trump becoming president of the U.S., overt racism is being reinserted into mainstream politics. Trump's victory has ushered in an era beset by racial paranoia-fear socially constructed about Black and Brown bo...

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Published inTaboo (New York, N.Y.) Vol. 19; no. 1; pp. 91 - 108
Main Authors Orelus, Pierre W, Malott, Curry, Hafner, Andrew Habana
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Caddo Gap Press 01.01.2020
Subjects
Attitudes
Capitalism
Critical race theory
Fear
Ideology
Immigrants
Justice
Learning
Migrant Children
Neoliberalism
Oppression
Paranoia
Political factors
Political parties
Presidents
Racial Bias
Racial Differences
Racism
Social Control
Social Discrimination
Social justice
Social Systems
Teachers
Trump, Donald J
Violence
White supremacy
Whites
Xenophobia
Young Adults
Youth
United States > US
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Summary:Fearing the other has been entrenched in the minds of many Americans. With Donald J. Trump becoming president of the U.S., overt racism is being reinserted into mainstream politics. Trump's victory has ushered in an era beset by racial paranoia-fear socially constructed about Black and Brown bodies, learned at home, in schools, and from the mainstream media, and expressed in unjust and, at times, violent manners. Indeed, racial paranoia has caused racially prejudiced individuals or groups to behave and act in violent ways against people of color. This essay draws from critical race theory and present day political events involving the Donald Trump government to explore racial paranoia and its multilayered effects on people of color, particularly youth of color. This article underscores plausible parallels between racial paranoia and the attitude, behavior, and actions of people holding White supremacist ideology and their violence against people of all colors, particularly youth of color. This articler provides suggestions that might serve educators who are working with historically disenfranchised youth of color, including immigrant youth of color.
ISSN:1080-5400
2164-7399