This article is about the first edition of Hate Groups: Opposing Viewpoints; for the second edition see Hate Groups: Opposing Viewpoints (2001); for the third edition see Hate Groups: Opposing Viewpoints (2004)

Hate Groups: Opposing Viewpoints (2004)

Hate Groups: Opposing Viewpoints is a book in the Opposing Viewpoints series examining the issue of hate groups: whether hate crimes are a serious problem; what the motivation for hatred is; whether certain groups pose a threat to tolerance; and how society should respond to hate groups. It was...

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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; whether certain groups promote hate and violence; whether the militia movement presents a serious threat; and how hate crimes and terrorism

Terrorism

Terrorism is the systematic use of terror, especially as a means of coercion. In the international community, however, terrorism has no universally agreed, legally binding, criminal law definition...

 can be reduced. It was edited by Tamara L. Roleff, with assistant editors Brenda Stalcup and 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 1999 as a 192-page hardcover (ISBN 1-56510-943-0) and paperback (ISBN 1-56510-942-2).

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 Are a Serious Problem	Karen McGill Lawson and Wade Henderson Wade Henderson Wade Henderson is president of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, and counsel to the Leadership Conference Education Fund.The Leadership Conference is a civil and human rights coalition, charged by its diverse membership of more than 200 national organizations to promote and...
	2: Many Hate Crimes Are Hoax Hoax A hoax is a deliberately fabricated falsehood made to masquerade as truth. It is distinguishable from errors in observation or judgment, or rumors, urban legends, pseudosciences or April Fools' Day events that are passed along in good faith by believers or as jokes.-Definition:The British... es	Kevin Alfred Strom Kevin Alfred Strom Kevin Alfred Strom is the former Managing Director of National Vanguard. Strom resigned from National Vanguard in July 2006...
	3: Hate Crime Statistics Statistics Statistics is the study of the collection, organization, analysis, and interpretation of data. It deals with all aspects of this, including the planning of data collection in terms of the design of surveys and experiments....  Are Misleading	Joseph E. Fallon
	4: The Definition of Hate Crimes Should Be Expanded	Bill Clinton Bill Clinton William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...
	5: The Definition of Hate Crimes Should Not Be Expanded	Linda Bowles
	6: Black Church Burnings Are a Serious Hate Crimes Problem	Melvin Talbert and Joan Brown Campbell
	7: Black Church Burnings Are Not a Serious Hate Crimes Problem	Mindszenty Report
	8: Hate Speech is a Serious Hate Crimes Problem	Richard Delgado Richard Delgado Richard Delgado is a professor at the Seattle University School of Law. He is teaches civil rights law. He is a proponent of critical race theory, and a critic of law and literature movement...  and Jean Stefancic
	9: Hate Speech is Not a Serious Hate Crimes Problem	William Luther Pierce William Luther Pierce William Luther Pierce III was the leader of the white separatist National Alliance organization, and one of the most important ideologists of the white nationalist movement. Pierce originally worked as an assistant professor of physics at Oregon State University, before he became involved in...
Chapter 2: Do Certain Groups Promote Hate and Violence?	1: White Supremacist Groups Promote Hate and Violence	Loretta Ross
	2: Anti-Hate Groups Promote Hate	William Luther Pierce William Luther Pierce William Luther Pierce III was the leader of the white separatist National Alliance organization, and one of the most important ideologists of the white nationalist movement. Pierce originally worked as an assistant professor of physics at Oregon State University, before he became involved in...
	3: Individuals Are Responsible for Most Hate Crimes	Jack Levin Jack Levin Jack Levin, Ph.D. is the Irving and Betty Brudnick Professor of Sociology and Criminology at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts where he teaches courses in prejudice and violence. He specializes in Criminology, Prejudice, and Social Psychology and is considered an authority on serial...  and Jack McDevitt Jack McDevitt Jack McDevitt is an American science fiction author whose novels frequently deal with attempts to make contact with alien races, and with archaeology or xenoarchaeology....
	4: The Military Military A military is an organization authorized by its greater society to use lethal force, usually including use of weapons, in defending its country by combating actual or perceived threats. The military may have additional functions of use to its greater society, such as advancing a political agenda e.g...  Attracts Violent Bigots	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...
	5: The Military Does Not Attract Violent Bigots	Togo D. West, Jr. Togo D. West, Jr. Togo Dennis West, Jr. is an American attorney and public official who was the third person to occupy the post of Secretary of Veterans Affairs. He was nominated by President Bill Clinton on January 27, 1998, during Clinton's second term, and was confirmed by the Senate on May 5, 1998. He had...
Chapter 3: Does the Militia Movement Present a Serious Threat?	1: The Militia Movement Presents a Serious Threat	John M. Swomley
	2: The Militia Movement Does Not Present a Serious Threat	Husayn Al-Kurdi
	3: The Militia Movement Threatens the Government	Kenneth S. Stern Kenneth S. Stern Kenneth S. Stern is a defense attorney and an author. He is director on antisemitism, hate studies and extremism for the American Jewish Committee. In 2000, Stern was a special advisor to the defense in the David Irving v. Penguin Books and Deborah Lipstadt trial.-Education:Stern earned his A.B. at...
	4: The Militia Movement Does Not Threaten the Government	David Kopel
Chapter 4: How Can Hate Crimes and Terrorism Terrorism Terrorism is the systematic use of terror, especially as a means of coercion. In the international community, however, terrorism has no universally agreed, legally binding, criminal law definition...  Be Reduced?	1: Personal Responsibility Can Help Reduce Hate Crimes	Armstrong Williams Armstrong Williams Armstrong Williams is an African American political commentator, author of a conservative newspaper column, and host of a daily radio show and a nationally syndicated TV program, called The Right Side with Armstrong Williams. From 2004 to 2007, he co-hosted a daily radio program with Sam...
	2: Focused Community Action Can Help Reduce Hate Crimes	Klanwatch
	3: Antiterrorism Legislation Legislation Legislation is law which has been promulgated by a legislature or other governing body, or the process of making it...  Will Reduce Terrorism	Orrin Hatch Orrin Hatch Orrin Grant Hatch is the senior United States Senator for Utah and is a member of the Republican Party. Hatch served as the chairman or ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee from 1993 to 2005...
	4: Antiterrorism Legislation Will Not Reduce Terrorism	David Finkel David Finkel David Louis Finkel is an American journalist. He won a Pulitzer Prize in 2006 as a staff writer at the Washington Post. He is currently assigned to the national staff as an enterprise reporter. He has also worked for the Post's foreign staff division...
	5: Restrictions on Violent Speech Would Reduce Domestic Terrorism	Cass R. Sunstein
	6: Open Debate Would Reduce Domestic Terrorism	Virginia I. Postrel
For Further Discussion
Organizations to Contact
Bibliography of Books
Index