Black Student Experiments as Trump Volunteer: Did He Experience Racism?

James Patterson is a junior in high school who volunteered for Donald Trump's Iowa Caucus campaign as part of a civics activity. Students were offered the option of volunteering for Trump, Marco Rubio, or Hillary Clinton. James told us that if he had been allowed to choose without restriction, he would have chosen Rand Paul.

He said that he opted to make phone calls for the Trump campaign because he wanted to see for himself whether aspersions cast against the campaign had any validity. Standing among around 300 avid Trump supporters awaiting results on Caucus Night in West Des Moines, James told us that he had sensed apprehension and distrust while volunteering for the Trump campaign, and that he overheard comments that confirmed what he had suspected.

Patterson agreed with TYT reporter Jordan Chariton's characterization that he was being made to feel like an "other."

"When I would bump into various members of the crowd, there were hostile looks when I would attempt to excuse myself," he told TYT. "Many people in the crowd looked me up and down as I was walking. If I had to describe the feeling it would be that of isolation."

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