Sources
http://www.noodletools.com/noodlebib/mybib.php
The mission of Bringing Awareness to Hate Crimes is to bring people of all cultures and races together to support each other. We also try to bring resources to people to better educate them on what's really going on.
Sunday, December 16, 2012
GET INVOLVED
Get Involved
Find a group near you
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Support Groups/Resources (end of page)
http://www.novabucks.org/hatecrimes.html
Find a group near you
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Support Groups/Resources (end of page)
http://www.novabucks.org/hatecrimes.html
Friday, December 14, 2012
Discussion Questions
1. What group of people do you think are affected the most by hate crimes and why? (African Americans, Native Americans, Immigrants, etc.)
2. If you saw someone getting beat up for being different, what would you REALLY do?
3. Why do you think hate crimes are still occurring today?
2. If you saw someone getting beat up for being different, what would you REALLY do?
3. Why do you think hate crimes are still occurring today?
Theoretical Perspectives
Functionalism:
Notice that members of a group are bolstering their sense of unity against a common enemy.
Conflict Theory:
Based on the belief that the victim is somehow threatening the person's livelihood or self-interest. This is the case when immigrants are attacked out of fear that they will take the jobs of the white majority. Finally hate crimes always involve labeling. People who commit hate crimes have vocabularies filled with demeaning stereotypes that attempt to justify violence directed against the victims.
Symbolic Interaction:
Members of a society learn to be prejudiced in much the same way they learn to be patriotic. For example, children may overhear parents make racist or prejudiced statement, but they have not yet learned to separate people by race or ethnic group.
Notice that members of a group are bolstering their sense of unity against a common enemy.
Conflict Theory:
Based on the belief that the victim is somehow threatening the person's livelihood or self-interest. This is the case when immigrants are attacked out of fear that they will take the jobs of the white majority. Finally hate crimes always involve labeling. People who commit hate crimes have vocabularies filled with demeaning stereotypes that attempt to justify violence directed against the victims.
Symbolic Interaction:
Members of a society learn to be prejudiced in much the same way they learn to be patriotic. For example, children may overhear parents make racist or prejudiced statement, but they have not yet learned to separate people by race or ethnic group.
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Theory
Gay Panic Theory
This theory states that defendant became temporarily insane and unable to control their behavior, or that the approach at least caused them to have a “diminished capacity” for controlling their behavior.
Example: A homosexual 15-year-old boy from California asked one of his classmates to be his valentine. A few days later the classmate stood up and fired two shots at the homosexual boy with a handgun in class and killed him instantly.
This theory states that defendant became temporarily insane and unable to control their behavior, or that the approach at least caused them to have a “diminished capacity” for controlling their behavior.
Example: A homosexual 15-year-old boy from California asked one of his classmates to be his valentine. A few days later the classmate stood up and fired two shots at the homosexual boy with a handgun in class and killed him instantly.
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