Bussing with Trump : listening to affect

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Abstract

She got in in the big cities. Look it up! She got in the big cities.’ 'There is red everywhere! Who would vote for Trump? He is racist and sexist. Who would vote for him? OMG everything is red... look at this!' We turn to the Grade 5s (girls, boys, mixed ethnicities and races) on the bus and ask: ‘What are you talking about?’ The girl, of East Asian descent, aged somewhere between 10 – 11 years, responds with some alarm: ‘We are talking about Hillary and Trump. We are looking at the voting map on the web. She should have won. She won the big cities. She won most of the votes. ’Our suspicions were realized. Trump is everywhere. The shock. The disbelief. It’s inescapable. Trump has even captured the imagination of the local Grade 5 Primary School students on the public bus going home on a Friday afternoon, in an obscure suburb of Australia. We listen with intent and passion. We are captured by their panic. Their panic is also ours.
Original languageEnglish
Publication statusPublished - 2016

Publication series

Name17th November
Volume17th November

Keywords

  • world politics
  • United States. President (2017- : Trump)
  • school children
  • moral panics
  • Australia

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