Hate Speech

Hate Speech
ISBN-10
026253990X
ISBN-13
9780262539906
Series
Hate Speech
Category
Political Science
Pages
208
Language
English
Published
2021-04-06
Publisher
MIT Press
Author
Caitlin Ring Carlson

Description

An investigation of hate speech: legal approaches, current controversies, and suggestions for limiting its spread. Hate speech can happen anywhere--in Charlottesville, Virginia, where young men in khakis shouted, "Jews will not replace us"; in Myanmar, where the military used Facebook to target the Muslim Rohingya; in Capetown, South Africa, where a pastor called on ISIS to rid South Africa of the "homosexual curse." In person or online, people wield language to attack others for their race, national origin, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, or other aspects of identity. This volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series examines hate speech: what it is, and is not; its history; and efforts to address it.

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