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American teens report sharp spike in bullying since President Trump's election, survey finds

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IMAGE: The survey notes that LGBTQ youth were among those most harshly targeted, with more than a quarter of gay teens saying they have been personally bullied since Election Day. (Matt Rourke/AP)

BY Chris Sommerfeldt
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Updated: Wednesday, January 25, 2017, 5:18 AM

American teens have experienced a steep surge in abusive and hateful behavior since the dawn of the divisive 2016 presidential race, a national survey .. http://hrc-assets.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com//files/assets/resources/HRC_PostElectionSurveyofYouth.pdf .. has found.

The survey, conducted by the Human Rights Campaign, interviewed more than 50,000 Americans between the ages of 13 and 18 and found that 70% of respondents have witnessed bullying, hate speech, or harassment since the onset of the campaign season, with racial prejudice being the most common motive.

“The alarming results of this groundbreaking survey underscore our fears about the damaging effect the recent election is having on our nation’s youth,” HRC President Chad Griffin said in a statement .. http://www.hrc.org/blog/new-survey-of-50000-young-people-reveals-troubling-post-election-spike-in-b .

The survey, which HRC claims to be the largest of its kind, notes that LGBTQ youth were among those most harshly impacted, with more than a quarter of gay teens saying they have been personally bullied or harassed since President Trump’s election win.

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Hispanic and Latino teens were also disproportionately targeted, with 20% reporting to have been personally harassed or bullied.
The survey was based on interviews with more than 50,000 Americans between the ages of 13 and 18.

IMAGE: The survey was based on interviews with more than 50,000 Americans between the ages of 13 and 18. (Human Rights Campaign)

A transgender teen from Idaho, whose identity was kept anonymous by the HRC, said they and a Latin friend were confronted at school by a classmate who said, “Donald Trump is gonna deport wastes of space like you, and hopefully he does something about freaks like you too.”

Teens belonging to religious minorities such as Islam, Judaism and Hinduism reported that they have started changing their appearances and concealing faith symbols in order to avoid being targeted.

Moreover, the survey found that nearly half of all teens interviewed described feeling constantly nervous or hopeless, particularly in the past 30 days.

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The survey consulted teens from across the country and was designed in such a way to represent diversities in gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity and religious backgrounds.

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President Trump was frequently accused .. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/donald-trump-election-unleashed-hate-article-1.2873987 .. of peddling in inflammatory and racist rhetoric during the campaign. Since his election, Trump has continued on a similar path, and has gained immense popularity among the so-called “alt-right” movement, which has close ties to white supremacy and neo-Nazi ideals.

A 15-year-old from Colorado, who was interviewed for the survey, expressed a glimmer of hope for the future.

“Although I hold very strong negative convictions about Trump and his administration, I love my country, and I want to see improvement in the lives of the people around me,” the teen wrote in a letter. “I desperately hope that he will prove me wrong, and not be the destructive force that I fear he will be.”

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/american-teens-report-sharp-bullying-spike-trump-election-article-1.2955003

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