Since the 2016 presidential election, American society and education has been assaulted with a barrage of overt racial bigotry. Consequently, educators across the U.S. have reported an alarming increase of racialized incidents and harassment in schools, referred to as the 'Trump Effect' (Costello, 2016). As a result, educators can no longer operate with a colorblind mentality and must find ways to confront what W.E.B. Du Bois called a "persistent propaganda campaign" (1952, p. 128). Therefore, this study sought to disrupt the "race doesn't matter" post-truth paradigm by directly engaging first grade students in conversations about race and racial identity through anti-racist curriculum. Results indicated that students reveled in discussions and curriculum about race and their racial identities.