More Hispanic Kids Are Depressed Than Their Peers As Anti-Migrant Rhetoric Rises [npr.org]

Rafael Maravilla(PACEs Connection Staff) 8/7/1912:00 PM

By Leila Fadel, National Public Radio, August 6, 2019

For Latino youths in the U.S., the El Paso shooting is just the latest trauma. Researchers say hateful rhetoric and discrimination are taking a toll on their mental health.

Transcript:

DAVID GREENE, HOST:

Studies tell us that young Latinos exhibit higher rates of depression when compared to their black and white peers. And the shooting here in El Paso over the weekend has deepened that anxiety for many Latinos. Here's NPR's Leila Fadel.

KATY: My name's Katy. I'm 16 years old. I'm going to be a senior in high school right now.

LEILA FADEL, BYLINE: Katy's sitting in her living room in Las Vegas with her dad Nery Martinez and her brother Erick. The shooting, she says, made her angry, especially after the explanation of the shooter's motivation offered by President Trump and others.

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