Hate Groups: Opposing Viewpoints is a book in the Opposing Viewpoints series

Opposing Viewpoints series

The Opposing Viewpoints series is a series of books on current issues which seeks to explore the varying opinions in a balanced pros/cons debate...

 examining the issue of hate groups: whether hate crime

Hate crime

In crime and law, hate crimes occur when a perpetrator targets a victim because of his or her perceived membership in a certain social group, usually defined by racial group, religion, sexual orientation, disability, class, ethnicity, nationality, age, gender, gender identity, social status or...

s are a serious problem; what the motivation for hatred

Hatred

Hatred is a deep and emotional extreme dislike, directed against a certain object or class of objects. The objects of such hatred can vary widely, from inanimate objects to animals, oneself or other people, entire groups of people, people in general, existence, or the whole world...

 is; whether certain groups pose a threat to tolerance; and how society should respond to hate groups. It was edited Mary E. Williams

It was published by Greenhaven Press

Greenhaven Press

Greenhaven Press has been an imprint of Gale since 2000. Greenhaven primarily publishes books on social issues for middle school and high school students, and is best known for its Opposing Viewpoints series...

 (San Diego) in 2004 as a 192-page hardcover (ISBN 0-7377-2280-0) and paperback (ISBN 0-7377-2281-9).

Contents

Chapter	Viewpoint	Author	Notes
Why Consider Opposing Viewpoints?
Introduction
Chapter 1: Are Hate Crime Hate crime In crime and law, hate crimes occur when a perpetrator targets a victim because of his or her perceived membership in a certain social group, usually defined by racial group, religion, sexual orientation, disability, class, ethnicity, nationality, age, gender, gender identity, social status or... s a Serious Problem?	1: Hate Crimes Against Arab Arab Arab people, also known as Arabs , are a panethnicity primarily living in the Arab world, which is located in Western Asia and North Africa. They are identified as such on one or more of genealogical, linguistic, or cultural grounds, with tribal affiliations, and intra-tribal relationships playing... s and Muslim Muslim A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable... s Are Increasing	Earl Ofari Hutchinson Earl Ofari Hutchinson Earl Ofari Hutchinson is a journalist, author, and broadcaster.Hutchinson is also the author of nine books about the African American experience. He serves as the President of the National Alliance for Positive Action, and is a contributor to The Huffington Post, Blacknews.com and...
	2: The Prevalence of Hate Crimes Against Arabs and Muslims is Exaggerated	James Lacey
	3: Anti-gay Heterosexism Heterosexism is a system of attitudes, bias, and discrimination in favor of opposite-sex sexuality and relationships. It can include the presumption that everyone is heterosexual or that opposite-sex attractions and relationships are the only norm and therefore superior...  Hate Crimes Are a Serious Problem	Human Rights Campaign Human Rights Campaign The Human Rights Campaign is the United States' largest LGBT advocacy group and lobbying organization; according to the HRC, it has more than one million members and supporters...
	4: The Media Mass media Mass media refers collectively to all media technologies which are intended to reach a large audience via mass communication. Broadcast media transmit their information electronically and comprise of television, film and radio, movies, CDs, DVDs and some other gadgets like cameras or video consoles...  Exaggerate the Problem of Antigay Hate Crimes	Andrew Sullivan Andrew Sullivan Andrew Michael Sullivan is an English author, editor, political commentator and blogger. He describes himself as a political conservative. He has focused on American political life....
	5: Crimes Motivated by Bigotry Bigotry A bigot is a person obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices, especially one exhibiting intolerance, and animosity toward those of differing beliefs...  Deserve Special Punishment	Ellen Goodman Ellen Goodman Ellen Goodman is an American journalist and Pulitzer Prize-winning syndicated columnist.- Career :Goodman worked as a researcher and reporter for Newsweek magazine between 1963 and 1965, and has worked as an associate editor at the Boston Globe since 1967.In 1998, Goodman received the Elijah...
	6: Crimes Motivated by Bigotry Do Not Deserve Special Punishment	Nat Hentoff Nat Hentoff Nathan Irving "Nat" Hentoff is an American historian, novelist, jazz and country music critic, and syndicated columnist for United Media and writes regularly on jazz and country music for The Wall Street Journal....
Chapter 2: What Motivates People to Hate?	1: Religious Conservative Rhetoric Fosters Hatred	Sarah J. McCarthy
	2: Religious Conservative Rhetoric Does Not Foster Hatred	Mark Tooley Mark Tooley Mark Tooley, born 1965, became president in 2009 of the Washington-D.C. based Institute on Religion and Democracy , a conservative religious thinktank noted for its critique of liberal religious groups....
	3: Homophobia Homophobia Homophobia is a term used to refer to a range of negative attitudes and feelings towards lesbian, gay and in some cases bisexual, transgender people and behavior, although these are usually covered under other terms such as biphobia and transphobia. Definitions refer to irrational fear, with the...  Fosters Hatred	Mubarak Dahir
	4: The Inequality Rooted in Capitalism Capitalism Capitalism is an economic system that became dominant in the Western world following the demise of feudalism. There is no consensus on the precise definition nor on how the term should be used as a historical category...  Fosters Hatred	David Tyler David Tyler David Tyler is a Canadian radio personality, voice over artist and lecturer on The Art of Communicating.Originally from Hartford, Connecticut he moved to Canada at the age of 10 with his family when his Father accepted a teaching job at McGill University...
	5: White Nationalism White nationalism White nationalism is a political ideology which advocates a racial definition of national identity for white people. White separatism and white supremacism are subgroups within white nationalism. The former seek a separate white nation state, while the latter add ideas from social Darwinism and...  Fosters Hatred	Leonard Zeskind Leonard Zeskind Leonard Zeskind is an American human rights activist, and president of the Institute for Research & Education of Human Rights .He worked in industry for thirteen years.Since 1982, he has been a community activist and human rights advocate...
	6: White Supremacist Website Website A website, also written as Web site, web site, or simply site, is a collection of related web pages containing images, videos or other digital assets. A website is hosted on at least one web server, accessible via a network such as the Internet or a private local area network through an Internet... s Foster Hatred	Richard Firstman
	7: Alienation Social alienation The term social alienation has many discipline-specific uses; Roberts notes how even within the social sciences, it “is used to refer both to a personal psychological state and to a type of social relationship”...  and Changing Sociopolitical Conditions Foster Hatred in Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...	Stephan Lhotzky
Chapter 3: Do Certain Groups Pose a Threat to Tolerance?	1: Hate Groups Are a Serious Threat	Carl Rowan Carl Rowan Carl Thomas Rowan , was an American government official, journalist and author. Rowan was a nationally-syndicated op-ed columnist for the Washington Post and the Chicago Sun-Times. He was one of the most prominent black journalists of the 20th century.-Background:Carl Rowan was born in...
	2: Stigmatizing Social stigma Social stigma is the severe disapproval of or discontent with a person on the grounds of characteristics that distinguish them from other members of a society.Almost all stigma is based on a person differing from social or cultural norms...  Hate Groups as a Threat May Be Counterproductive	Anthony B. Robinson
	3: The Far Right Far right Far-right, extreme right, hard right, radical right, and ultra-right are terms used to discuss the qualitative or quantitative position a group or person occupies within right-wing politics. Far-right politics may involve anti-immigration and anti-integration stances towards groups that are...  Poses a Threat	Daniel Levitas
	4: The Far Right Is Not a Threat	Samuel T. Francis
	5: White Power Musicians Promote Hate and Violence	John M. Cotter
	6: White Power Musicians Promote Positive Social Values	Eric Owens Eric Owens Eric Owens may refer to:*Eric Owens *Eric Owens *Eric Owens...
Chapter 4: How Should Society Respond to Hate Groups?	1: Hate-Crime Laws Should Be Supported	Howard P. Berkowitz
	2: Hate-Crime Laws Are Unnecessary	Jackson Toby
	3: Internet Hate Speech Should Be Restricted	Laura Leets
	4: Internet Hate Speech Should Not Be Restricted	Charles Levendosky
For Further Discussion
Organizations to Contact
Bibliography of Books
Index