How is the current political climate affecting people of color and immigrant communities, the way they interpret and express their own identities and the level of discourse in American society?
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Republican Presidential frontrunner Donald Trump’s platform has called for a national registry of American Muslims and banning Muslims from entering the country. Trump has called Latino immigrants criminals, rapists, and killers and blames Blacks and Latinos for violent crime in major cities. Trump, himself, has encouraged violence against protestors at his campaign rallies. A Washington Post Analysis finds that the majority of Trump’s supporters are white.
The Millennial generation is thought to be more colorblind and educated in diversity than their predecessors, but is the current political climate changing this? Is bullying on the rise in the schools?
We explore these questions in a special edition of Gulf Coast Live before a live studio audience including members of WGCU Public Media’s Diversity Advisory Group.
