Exposing Hate: Prejudice, Hatred, and Violence in Action

by Michael Miller

Overview

Experts have documented an explosive rise in the number of hate groups since the turn of the century, driven by anger over immigration and demographic projections showing that whites will no longer hold majority status in the United States by 2040. The rise accelerated with the elections of presidents Obama and Trump. Extremists are increasingly diffuse, moving to the web and away from organized, on-the-ground activities. What is a hate group and how does it operate? How do we legally define hate speech and hate crimes? What is the history of organizing around hate and how do we recognize and confront it? These are the salient issues readers will investigate in this overview.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781541539259
Publisher:	Lerner Publishing Group
Publication date:	01/01/2019
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.80(d)
Age Range:	13 - 17 Years

About the Author

Michael Miller is a prolific and best-selling writer. He has written more than 200 books over the past three decades on a variety of nonfiction topics. He graduated from Indiana University and worked in the publishing business. He lives in Minnesota with his wife Sherry.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Violence Erupts: Extremism Turning to Hate 4

Chapter 2 A Long History: Hate in the United States 10

Chapter 3 Organizing Hate: Hate Groups 32

Chapter 4 Enacting Hate: Hate Crimes 66

Chapter 5 Promoting Hate: Hate Speech 82

Chapter 6 Drawn In: Why Some Choose Hate 96

Chapter 7 Resist: Combating Hate 108

Glossary 123

Source Notes 125

Selected Bibliography 132

Further Information 134

Index 139

Editorial Reviews

"A necessary book on a hot-button social issue that can help students develop critical thinking skills while learning more about heinous organizations."—Booklist

From the Publisher

2019-01-28

A look at the history of U.S. hate groups and their activities.

Charting the hatred baked into U.S. history, the text explores religious intolerance in Colonial America, slavery, Jim Crow, and anti-Semitism, among other topics. Examples of anti-immigrant bias include the over 2 million Mexican-Americans, mostly citizens, deported from the U.S. in the early 20th century. Anti-Chinese bias is mentioned but not the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II or targeted legislation to exclude Asian immigration. Homophobia, transphobia, Islamophobia, and male supremacy movements are also described. An enlightening discussion traces the history of laws against and prosecution of hate crimes and explains why the U.S. does not define hate crimes as domestic terrorism, a choice that's been questioned and criticized because tools and resources for prosecuting terrorism are far stronger than for hate crimes. President Donald Trump's racial and ethnic slurs, demeaning of women, and efforts to limit Muslim and Latin American immigration are called out. Access to firearms by hate groups is not mentioned. Portraits of white supremacy hate groups and anecdotes about resistance come across as glib. The heavy focus on individuals and groups of private citizens works against depth by limiting the exploration of institutional structures and policies that support inequality and fuel hatred, a particularly glaring oversight when considering the scant treatment of Indigenous peoples in this work.

A useful, timely, if superficial, survey. (glossary, notes, bibliography, index) (Nonfiction. 12-16)

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