The kids know their lives changed Tuesday.

Substitute taught at a Catholic high school Wednesday that has a very diverse population. In the homeroom period that starts the day, an African-American kid was "jokingly" saying goodbye to the Hispanic/Latino students. I could tell he was forcing humor to deal with the situation. He let those he is close with know he'd hide them.
Other teachers said their students wanted to talk about the election, but the teachers were reluctant to say anything to the students either way for fear of their jobs. The Caucasian students tried to avoid acknowledging the topic and making eye contact. They've grown up with diversity and have friendships with those who Trump listed as targets.
In the breakroom during lunch, the teachers also seemed scared, although they avoided committing to any side. They obviously know it won't be good for them.
A friend who's a social worker said her workmates were also scared of what could come.
I'm an older, hetero, college-educated (masters degree) white male, and -- except for my choice of journalism and teaching as occupations -- I should be on top of the world now with a golden ticket. But I'm scared for my multi-ethnic family (African-American, Indian, Native American, Ecuadorian). I'm scared because I've been lucky enough to have Medicaid for my spate of medical problems this year, and I'm not out of the woods on that yet. I'm scared because I'm in Indiana, where the KKK restarted in the 1920s to not just go after blacks but mostly to go after Catholics and recent immigrants.

Some of the local Catholics are happy with Trump in power and likely abortion bans. They have no clue that the MAGA acolytes will turn on them when they need another group to blame for things.

And they don't realize that the reason so many Hispanic/Latino kids are in their schools and so many churches have a Spanish Mass now is because the Spanish-speaking people are keeping the Catholic church afloat in the U.S.

But the kids are scared, and I taught some of them last year in middle school. And I'm scared for my kids.