Hate crimes and ethnoviolence : the history, current affairs, and future of discrimination in America : essays / by Howard J. Ehrlich.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ehrlich, Howard J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hate crimes--United States.

Hate crimes.

United States.

Physical Description:

xiii, 191 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Boulder, CO : Westview Press, [2009]

Summary:

Ehrlich introduces the ten dimensions of America's social heritage that are necessary for a complete understanding of prejudice and explains the complex differences between ethnoviolence and hate crimes. Through analysis of network television news programs and in-depth interviews with newspaper editors and reporters, Ehrlich explores how our mainstream media maintains racial and ethnic stereotypes. Case studies (the Oklahoma City bombing, Rodney King riots, Columbine High School shootings, and Hurricane Katrina) show how traumatic events are manipulated by political elites and the news media to shape intergroup relations. Ehrlich concludes with a personal and political look at the concentration of power in the United States and the increasingly prevalent and concerning employment of political ignorance as a tool of oppression.--From publisher description.

Contents:

The social conditions of ethnoviolence

Ethnoviolence and hate crimes

Further observations : some questions, some answers

Ethnoviolence and the news media

The gatekeepers of newspapers

The production of pathology : the social function of local TV news

The design of local TV news : if it's White, it's right

Lessons learned

Prejudice and ethnoviolence on campus

Profiling the belief structure of right-wing groups

A brief note on the politics of ignorance

Step by step : a personal trek.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

081334445X

9780813344454

OCLC:

246894931