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Destructive Messages: How Hate Speech Paves the Way for Harmful Social Movements

Destructive Messages: How Hate Speech Paves the Way for Harmful Social Movements

Tsesis, Alexander

Hardcover

Series: Critical America, Book 27

General LawGeneral Political ScienceGeneral Racism & Ethnic Studies

ISBN10: 0814782728
ISBN13: 9780814782729
Publisher: New York Univ Pr
Published: Aug 19 2002
Pages: 246
Weight: 1.08
Height: 0.82 Width: 6.38 Depth: 9.22
Language: English

Destructive Messages argues that hate speech is dangerous not only when it poses an immediate threat of harm. It is also dangerous when it is systematically developed over time, becoming part of a culturally acceptable dialogue which can foster the persecution of minorities.
Tsesis traces a causal link between racist and biased rhetoric and injustices like genocide and slavery. He shows that hate speech and propaganda, when left unregulated, can weave animosity into the social fabric to such a great extent that it can cultivate an environment supportive of the commission of hate crimes. Tsesis uses historical examples to illuminate the central role racist speech played in encouraging attitudes that led to human rights violations against German Jews, Native Americans, and African Americans, and also discusses the dangers posed by hate speech spread on the Internet today. He also offers an examination of the psychology of scapegoating.

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