Understanding Words That Wound

Understanding Words That Wound

by Richard Delgado
Understanding Words That Wound

Understanding Words That Wound

by Richard Delgado

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Overview

Written by leading critical race theorists Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic, this volume succinctly explores a host of issues presented by hate speech, including legal theories for regulating it, the harms it causes, and policy arguments, pro and con, suppressing it. Chapters analyze hate speech on campus, hate speech against whites, the history

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780429982989
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 05/20/2019
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 252
File size: 544 KB

About the Author

RICHARD DELGADO is the Derrick A. Bell Professor of Law at the University of Pittsburgh. JEAN STEFANCIC is research professor of law at the University of Pittsburgh Law School and Derrick A. Bell Scholar in law.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments, Introduction, PART ONE: WHAT Is HATE SPEECH?, Words That Wound: The Harms of Hate Speech, Quantitative Issues: How Frequent Is Racial Vilification?, Theories of Racism and Hate Speech, PART TWO: WORDS, SPEAKERS, AND TARGETS, The Strange Careers of Four Special Words, Hate Speech and Children: The Special Case of Youth, College and University Students: The Case of Campus Hate Speech (and Conduct) Codes, Hate in Cyberspace, PART THREE: SPECIAL SYMBOLS, SPEAKERS, AND SHOWS, When Hate Goes Tangible: Logos, Mascots, Confederate Flags, and Monuments, Lawyer Discipline: When the System Sets Out to Purge Hate, PART FOUR: HATE IN BROADER FOCUS, Talk Shows: Hate on the Airwaves, Stretching to Make a Point: The Case of Hate Speech Against Whites, International and Comparative Perspectives, First Amendment Absolutism and Fallback Positions: Social Policy Objections to Hate Speech Remedies, The Future: First Amendment Legal Realism, Appendix: International Treaties and Documents, Glossary, Index
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