1. McLennan community college
Hate Crimes
McLennan community college
PD Day
April 1, 2016
Jessica Shelton
And Norm Townsend

2. Stereotypes
Prejudice
Discrimination
Hate Crimes
Microaggressions

3. microaggressions A term that describes
“brief and commonplace daily verbal, behavioral, or environmental indignities, whether intentional or unintentional, that communicate hostile, derogatory, or negative racial slights and insults toward people of color.”  
- “Racial Microaggressions in Everyday Life”
Click HERE to watch a video on microaggressions. The people in the video are repeating things that have been said to them.

4. Stereotypes Stereotype
Characteristic or series of characteristics that grow from myths
Myth
An ill-founded belief
What are some common stereotypes?

5. prejudice
Prejudice- an unfavorable attitude toward people because they are members of a certain group
Feelings held by most prejudiced people
Superiority
Others are strange and different
Entitled to exclusive or prior rights
Fear (sometimes overshadows rational judgment)

6. Forms and characteristics of prejudice
Race
Point of view
Gender
Prejudgment
National Origin
Socially learned
Religion
Not static attitude
Age
Economic status
Weight
Sexual Orientation

7. Discrimination Action or behavior Differential treatment
Denial of justice
Involves keeping people out of activities
* When we act on prejudices, we discriminate.
* We cannot regulate prejudices, but we can regulate discrimination.

8. Hate crimes Result from prejudices and discrimination Murder Assault
Vandalism
Harassment
Matthew Shepard/James Byrd, Jr., Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 enhances definitions of and penalties for hate crimes
The internet may help hate groups grow

9. “Hate crimes are…
…any of various crimes when motivated by hostility to the victim as a member of a group (based on color, creed, gender or sexual orientation, mental or physical disabilities).” *“Hate crimes are ‘message crimes’ because they are sending a message to members of a certain group that they are not welcome or safe.”

10. Continued…
Hate crimes have more serious psychological effects than non-bias motivated crimes.
Most offenders act as lone wolves, pairs, or small cells.
The common trait is their membership in a hate organization.

11. victims Targeted because of a core characteristic of their identity
Feel
Degraded
Frightened
Vulnerable
Suspicious
Members of the same group may also feel
Fearful
Powerless

12. Victim trauma (because attack is based on victim’s identity)
Deep personal crisis
Increased vulnerability to repeat attack
Sense of community betrayal
Acute shock and disbelief
Extreme fear
Hopelessness
Anger/desire for revenge
Shame and humiliation

13. Community trauma Victimization projected to all community members
Sense of group vulnerability
Community tension/fear
Concern about copycat incidents
Community polarization
Loss of trust in criminal justice institutions
Public damage, i.e. buildings such as churches/synagogues

14. Response to hate crimes
It is important to respond to hate crimes quickly and effectively.
Hate crimes differ from other crimes in their effect on victims and on community stability:
Hate crimes are often especially brutal or injurious
Victim(s) usually feel traumatized and terrified
Families of victims often feel frustrated and powerless
Others in the community who share the victim’s characteristics may feel victimized and vulnerable
Hate incidents can escalate and prompt retaliatory action
Hate crimes and hate incidents create communitywide unrest

15. ERASING HATE video
Former member of hate groups decides to remove his tattoos after leaving the groups

16. references
Gutow, S., Kinnamon, M., & Syeed, S. (April 24, 2009). Hate crimes are message crimes. Retrieved from crimes-are-message-crimes/7496 Hate crime. (n.d.). In Merriam-Webster online. Retrieved from webster.com/dictionary/hate%20crime International Association of Chiefs of Police, Alexandria, VA. (1999). Responding to hate crimes: a police officer’s guide to investigation and prevention (DOJ Contract No DD-BX-0071). Washington D.C.: Bureau of Justice Assistance.