‘Build a wall’ becomes a schoolyard taunt
Is the rancor of the presidential race reaching the classroom?
Yes, says a Fulton County sixth grader who explains he saw it firsthand in what should have been a friendly soccer game at school.
When a team made up of largely Latino boys was about to make a penalty kick, kids on the other team positioned themselves in front of the goal and chanted, “Build a Donald Trump wall,” says student Isaac Lambert.
From there, it only got worse.
“The player on my team who was taking the penalty shot called the offender a racist. Then another kid from the other team shouted, ‘get the h*** out of our country!!’ while another started a chorus of kids chanting, ‘Whites! Whites! Whites!’ You can imagine the shouting that followed. As for the soccer game, I don’t know what happened to it; I left,” says Isaac.
To read what happened later, go to the AJC Get Schooled blog.
About the Author
Maureen Downey has written editorials and opinion pieces about local, state and federal education policy since the 1990s.
