Children of a troubled time : growing up with racism in Trump's America / Margaret A. Hagerman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hagerman, Margaret A., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Racism--United States--Public opinion.

Racism.

Public opinion--United States.

Public opinion.

Youth--Massachusetts--Attitudes.

Youth.

Youth--Mississippi--Attitudes.

Youth--United States--Social conditions.

United States--Race relations--21st century--Public opinion.

United States.

United States--Politics and government--2017-2021--Public opinion.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Growing up with racism in Trump's America

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, [2024]

Summary:

"In Children of a Troubled Time, award-winning sociologist Margaret A. Hagerman amplifies the voices of children who grew up during Trump's presidency and explores how they learn about race in America today. Hagerman interviewed nearly fifty children between the ages of ten to thirteen in two dramatically different political landscapes: Mississippi and Massachusetts. Hagerman interviewed kids who identified as conservative and liberal in both places as well as kids from different racial groups. She discovered remarkably similar patterns in the ideas expressed by these children. Racism, she asserts, is not just a local or regional phenomenon: it is a broad American project affecting childhoods across the country. In Hagerman's emotionally compelling interviews, children describe what it is like to come of age during years of deep political and racial divide, and how being a kid during the Trump era shaped their views on racism, democracy, and America as a whole. Children's racialized emotions are also central to this book: disgust and discomfort, fear and solidarity, dominance and apathy. As administrators, teachers, and parents struggle to help children make sense of our racially and politically polarized nation, Hagerman offers concrete examples of the kinds of interventions necessary to help kids learn how to become members of a multi-racial democracy and to avoid the development of far-right thinking in the white youth of today."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: The Kids Are Not All Right

1 The "Trump Effect": Growing Up in the Post-Obama Era

2 "Feeling Race": Waking Up after the 2016 Election

3 "I Had No Idea the Country Was So Racist!": Racial Discomfort and Disgust

4 "He Likes the People with the Lighter Skin Better . . . and That's Not Me": Racial Fear and Solidarity

5 "Racism Is Fine": Racial Dominance and Apathy

6 "Hurry Up and Build That Wall!": The Future of Dominant White Racial Ideology

Conclusion: What Can We Do?

Acknowledgments

Appendix A: Tables of Participants

Appendix B: Methodological Considerations

Notes

References

Index

About the Author.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Hagerman, Margaret A. Children of a Troubled Time

ISBN:

9781479815166

OCLC:

1425811421