Hate Speech Violence

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Hate Speech - Violence Substance Abuse
PreventionDeborah M. Galvin, Ph.D.,
CSAPMentoring Program Presentation, 2004

• Words can be wounding -- assaultive words can be
  used as weapons which
• ambush discount terrorize
• demean devalue undermine
• discredit humiliate wound
• dishonor taint
• degrade tarnish

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Statistics of Hate Speech

• According to the National Institute Against
  Prejudice and Violences study
• 70 of the nations minority students reported
  some form of ethnoviolence harassment
• The number of college students victimized by
  ethnoviolence is between 800,000 to 1 million
  annually.

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Statistics of Hate Speech

• It is estimated that between 75 - 90 of hate
  speech and those victimized by ethnoviolence is
  never reported to any public or private agency or
  to designated officials.
• The majority of those in the National Institute
  Against Prejudice and Violences study -- 62 --
  knew about the victimization of someone close to
  them.

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Non Reporting of Hate Speech

• It will do little good
• Denial of incidents
• Reinterpretation of incidents
• Perpetrator retaliation of victim or victims
  relatives/friends
• Perpetrator retaliation on other groups of victims

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Impact of Hate Speech

• Health
• Psychic Trauma
• Physiological Symptoms
• Substance Abuse
• Decreased Life Span
• Behavioral
• Violence
• Inability to Learn or Perform Well
• Societal
• Racial Injustice
• Social/Economic Injustice
• Lower Standard of Living/GNP

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Census Data - Nation of Diversity

• Large percentage of immigrant children and
  minorities in poverty
• 281 million with 1/5 of school age children from
  immigrant families
• Assimilation vs. Cultural Conformity
• 1st generation - 31 watch Spanish mainly
  Spanish 42 percent watched equally in
  Spanish/English
• 3rd generation - 88 watched English programs

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Hate Speech

• Language can demean one's sense of dignity.
• Language can induce insecurity and fear.
• Language can cause palpable physical
• reactions. When the message is violent,
• language can itself be a form of violence.
• Group Defamation and Freedom of Speech
• Monroe H. Freedman and Eric M. Freedman.
• Wesport Greenwood Press, 1995.

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Hate Speech Impact

• The harm created by assaultive speech --
• words that wound -- is significant and
• immediate and can be long lasting.
• Hate speech constitutes a clear and present
• danger to the victim and can create long term
  fears.