Reflections on the 2016 Presidential Election

Abstract

The recent outcome of 2016 US presidential election has heightened fear and angst among a growing sector of historically marginalized communities, evoking millions to take to the streets in resistance. This evolving political climate is ever more dened by voter suppression, control over women's bodies, anti-immigrant sentiments, and a growing presence of market-based, privatization agendas that prot o the disenfranchisement of communities of color. In the case of education, we continue to witness post-election trauma that leaves many children and youth in the crossres of harassment, hostility, and hate occurring in K-12 and higher education contexts.During the recent American Anthropological Association, annual meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the Council on Anthropology and Education's (CAE) board members spent time discussing and sharing overwhelming feelings of outrage, fear, and anger related to this unfolding era of US politics that we all are forced to endure.This discussion was open to the general membership to create a safe space for the broader CAE community as we all try to nd ways to navigate an incoming administration with a platform and a cabinet riddled with concerns among progressives. In part, those in attendance discussed ways to respond to the current political climate and how as individuals and CAE as an organization will commit to increasing its eorts to ght oppression and to work for racial and social justice in concrete ways.

Hispanic Voters, State and Local Elections: How to Awake the Sleeping Giant

“…The support for Hillary Clinton 2016 was not as strong amongst Hispanic voters as it was for Barack Obama, nonetheless, the Hispanic vote became much more important within the city of Hazleton and was directed towards aiding Secretary Clinton. The overall difference nationally in Hispanic support for Secretary Clinton as compared to President Obama was approximately 11% decline (69% for Obama, 58% for Clinton) (Lopez, 2016). As indicated above these results mirrored the national statistics.…”