1. (noun) The increase in racially-motivated bullying of minority students in U.S. public and private schools immediately following the election of
Donald Trump as President, and attributed to Trump’s own rhetoric aimed at non-white American people, such as banning Muslim people from entering the United States, describing people of
Mexican descent as violent criminals, etc. 2. (noun) The phenomenon in U.S. public and private schools of students using the name of President Trump, or one the slogans used by supporters at his rallies, such as “build the wall,” “send them back,” etc., as a taunt directed at minority students, especially at sporting events. 3. (noun) The increase in fear,
anxiety, depression, and suicidal thoughts, and subsequent worsening of academic performance, observed in minority students following the election of President
Donald Trump, often as the result of being a victim of racially-motivated bullying (see definition 1)
But whether or not a
student is a member of a targeted
group, all students witnessing it in
action are vulnerable to the stresses of The Trump Effect.
