Hate on the Internet

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Hate on the Internet

• starting points.
• ECCU 307
• October 5, 2004
• Presented by Alec Couros

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The Internet offers
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but also
Hate, racism, violence, dangerous or illegal
activities
Inaccurate, misleading and untrue information
Alcohol, gambling and tobacco sites aimed at
children and teens.
Games with violence and gender stereotypes
Collection of personal information
Personal web pages that compromise privacy or
contain hateful messages or threats
Online stalkers and other cyber-predators
Source Media Awareness Network
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Key Questions

• What is hate?
• What are hate groups?
• Where do hate groups exist?

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What are hate groups?

• All hate groups have beliefs or practices that
  attack or malign an entire class of people,
  typically for their immutable characteristics
  (Tolerance.org)
• Groups that "advocate violence against,
  separation from, defamation of, deception about,
  or hostility towards others based on race,
  religion, ethnicity, gender, or sexual
  orientation (Raymond Franklin)

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For where to find Hate on the Internet, see this
document http//www.bcpl.net/rfrankli/hatedir.pd
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Hate Groups in the United States Colors refer to
specific organizations For interactive version go
to http//www.tolerance.org/maps/hate
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• The first known hate site on the Net.
• Developed by Don Black, former ex-convict,
• former KKK member.

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The National Alliance is the group most known for
their part in the Oklahoma City bombing.
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• 11th Hour Remnant Messenger
• Funded by Silicon Valley Millionaires
• asserts that whites are God's chosen people,
  Jews are
• biologically descended from Satan, and people of
  color are
• soul-less "mud people" who were created by God as
  part of the
• Biblical "beasts of the field."

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Are these hate sites?

• And how can you tell the difference?

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Melissa Guille of the Canadian Heritage Alliance
(CHA) denies the CHA is a hate site, arguing
instead that the site is concerned about
keeping Canada for Canadians and removing
the anti-white sentiment in society.
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Where do kids get these ideas?

• Do these sites promote hate?

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Resources

• Where are resources for dealing with Hate
  organizations?

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Media Awareness Network An Excellent Canadian
Resource
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Is this enough? Well its a start. Have any
other ideas?
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Websites to Explore Anti hate

• Media Awareness Network (exploring Hate)
• http//www.media-awareness.ca/english/issues/onli
  ne_hate
• Canadian Heritage - Multiculturalism
• http//www.pch.gc.ca/march-21-mars/main_e.shtml
• The Hate Directory
• http//www.bcpl.net/rfrankli/hatedir.pdf
• Partners Against Hate
• http//www.partnersagainsthate.org
• Project Change
• http//www.projectchange.org
• National Forum for Peoples Differences
• http//www.yforum.com/index.html
• Bullying.org
• http//www.bullying.org/
• Tolerance.org
• http//www.tolerance.org/

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Websites to Explore Hate related

• You may want to look at these examples as samples
  of pro-hate sites (to varying degrees).
• http//www.martinlutherking.org/
• http//www.canadianheritagealliance.com/
• http//www.canadafirst.net/
• http//www.stormfront.org
• http//kkk.com/just_for_kids.htm
• http//www.uglypeople.com/
• http//www.whowouldyoukill.com/
• And MANY more here http//www.dmoz.org/Society/Is
  sues/Race-Ethnic-Religious_Relations/Race_and_Raci
  sm/Supremacy_and_Separatism/White/Organizations/

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Online Hate Reflections

• What effect (if any) does online hate have on our
  children?
• How do teachers and/or parents deal with such
  issues in regards to our children?
• How do we better evaluate websites in relation to
  messages of hate?

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