My Black Boys Love Trump

I remember the first time I had a Black student obsessed with Trump. Her mother was a conservative politician and one of the first in my area to gush about the orange guy.

The next Black student was so full of self-hatred that his worship of Trump was expected.

Outside of that, I may have had a few Black students who supported him, but it was rare, and they weren’t loud about it. This year, I have several Black boys who love Trump and share this unsolicited passion whenever an opportunity arises.

The Trumps Team

During the first week of school, I take the freshmen to the library to become acquainted with the system and their resources. The librarian sets up a scavenger hunt, and we break them into teams.

Each group chooses a team name on their iPads, and one team named themselves The Trumps. The librarian and I exchanged worried looks because we didn’t want to quell some political battle so early in the year.

I admit I was surprised to see the group was all Black. The librarian and I selected the group, but we had unknowingly put two Trump-loving boys together.

The two girls found the name annoying but not enough to fight it. One of the boys, in particular, went on and on about how much he loved Trump and…