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A taxi driver who was a victim of a stabbing speaks to the media while surrounded by supporters in August, 2010. (Seth Wenig | AP. Source: Christian Science Monitor)

Mitigating hate speech

May 15, 2013 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

At a panel discussion (about hate crimes faced by Sikh Americans) organized by law students at the University of Miami last month, law professor David Abraham discusses hate speech, hate crimes and the complexities around legislation to address them: “The U.S. is at the individualist and libertarian extreme. We let Nazis march in Jewish neighborhoods, Klansmen burn crosses, and talk radio go bonkers. Responding to their own historical experiences, other countries see speech as a contribution to democracy, and by […]

Categories: Civil Rights, Hate Crimes • Tags: Arvind Singh, David Abraham, hate crime, hate crimes, Hate speech, University of Miami

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"No More Towelheads," "No More Ragheads" T-shirts sold on Cafe Press last year. The shirts were pulled after public protest. (source: Huffington Post)

How epithets die

January 28, 2013 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

In Time Magazine, Jeffrey Kluger describes ways in which hate epithets become disused — public censure, appropriation by the victim group, and by changed construction: During the early years of the civil rights movement, when Negro was a perfectly acceptable term but its ugly cousin was already falling out of favor, southern politicians like Alabama Gov. George Wallace grew fond of the pronunciation “nig-ra,” luxuriating in the first syllable and then surrendering only grudgingly to the hedging of the second. […]

Categories: Hate Crimes • Tags: epithets, Hate speech, Jeffrey Kluger

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