a picture is worth a thousand words

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Symbols of Hate
a picture is worth a thousand words
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Hate crimes are criminal actions intended to harm
or intimidate people because of their race,
ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, or other
minority group status. They are also referred to
as bias crimes.
The number of organized hate groups in the US
increases 20 a year, according to the Southern
Poverty Law Center in Montgomery, AL. Nearly
9,000 hate crimes, more than half of them
motivated by race, were reported to the Federal
Bureau of Investigation in 1996 compared to 7,947
incidents in 1995, and 5,932 incidents in 1994.
Hate Groups include Ku Klux Klan, Neo-Nazi,
Skinhead, Christian Identity, Black Separatists
and other.
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Symbols Can Be Positive Too
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Symbols can evoke very powerful feelings and
meanings. They help unite a group and spread
their hateful messages.
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Hate Groups US-2003
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• Words can be just as powerful/dangerous as
  symbols. There are certain words we have heard
  in our study of Civil Rights that we know are
  taboo in society today because of their negative
  connotation.
• When reading/listening to the news, pay
  attention to the adjectives chosen. Often
  loaded words are used in the expectation that
  they will invoke a preconceived notion/belief you
  hold.
• Activity Each group has a blurb from the news.
  
• Based, just on what you have in front of you
  determine guilt or innocence of the teens.
• Circle the loaded words designed to trigger
  peoples prejudices.

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Two teenagers have been accused of stabbing a man
in the parking lot of a suburban mall.
Two African-American teenagers have been accused
of stabbing a man in the parking lot of a
suburban mall.
Two teenagers have been accused of stabbing a
man in the parking lot of a suburban mall. The
teens are the adopted sons of prominent
Washington D.C., physician Lawrence Cutter.
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Two teenagers have been accused of stabbing a
man in the parking lot at a suburban mall near
Lovelytown, Maryland. According to friends, the
youths often borrowed a car to make the trip from
their home in nearby Washington, D.C.
Two teenagers have been accused of stabbing a man
in the parking lot of a suburban mall.
According to eyewitnesses, the stabbing was
accidental. The unarmed teens were held up at
knifepoint as they left the mall with their
purchases. The would-be robber was stabbed when
the teens attempted to free themselves and escape
to the safety of their car.
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We have been conditioned to feel /expect
certain things when we hear the loaded words
often used by the media. When we studied primary
document analysis you were taught to think of who
created it and why- what was their purpose? You
should always look for the authors bias. Even
when researching think -am I getting the whole
story? Be especially wary of this when
researching on the web!!!!!!! The internet is a
powerful tool for hate groups!
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Translation When the Nazis came for the
communists,I remained silentI was not a
communist.When they locked up the social
democrats,I did not speak outI was not a
social democrat.When they came for the trade
unionists,I did not speak outI was not a trade
unionist.When they came for me,there was no
one left to speak out. Martin Niemoller
(1892-1984) Spoke against Nazis but was
originally an anti-semitic supporter of the
Final Solution
Original Als die Nazis die Kommunisten
holten,habe ich geschwiegenich war ja kein
Kommunist.Als sie die Sozialdemokraten
einsperrten,habe ich geschwiegenich war ja
kein Sozialdemokrat.Als sie die Gewerkschafter
holten,habe ich nicht protestiertich war ja
kein Gewerkschafter.Als sie mich holten,gab es
keinen mehr, der protestieren konnte.
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When in your life have you been the victim of
prejudice? Sexism Ageism Racism Are
you a bystander? If so do you share the
guilt? Holocaust Cafeteria
bullying Rumor mill Double standard
Racial jokes Are you going to be part of the
solution or the problem? Ways to make a
difference.?
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Homework Assignment
Two-part 1. Watch T.V. for 5-10 minutes- Write
down how groups are portrayed (women, whites,
teens other minorities,.) Do you see
stereotyping occurring? Or watch the news what
loaded words do you hear in a story? Does it
play into the general stereotypes of a
group? 2. Using the history we have learned
Civil Rights, Abolitionists, womens movement,
Holocaust, genocide. -and the quote by Martin
Niemoller about bystander guilt- create a
response. Entitle it Being part of the problem
or part of the solution. Either approach your
response from a personal experiential
perspective, a historical one or a combination of
the two. Write a reflective paragraph
Write a compare/contrast response- any
example in American History with any from your
life experience create a poem- found,
concrete or original compose a song,
rap create a visual depiction of this
same theme no words (draw/graphics)