The Trump Effect,Children, and the Value of Human Rights Education |
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| Authors: | Jonathan Todres |
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| Affiliation: | Thank you to Christina Scott and Barbara Stark for their feedback on early versions of this essay and to Monica Laredo Ruiz and Prathyusha Chenji for their excellent research assistance. |
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| Abstract: | Since launching his presidential campaign, Donald Trump's rhetoric has often been divisive as well as demeaning of selected groups. This article examines the impact of Trump's rhetoric on children and their communities and explores the role that human rights education can play in responding to Trump and forging broader support for human rights. The article reviews the research on human rights education and considers how human rights education can be embedded in broader efforts to educate children. Using children's literature as a case study, the article argues for the importance of mainstreaming human rights education and meeting children where they are, in order to foster greater recognition of and respect for the rights of all individuals. |
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| Keywords: | Children's Literature Children's Rights Convention on the Rights of the Child Discrimination Human Rights Education Mainstreaming and Tolerance |
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