At a time when politicians across the country are debating how slavery in the US is taught, high school students are participating in mock slave auctions that are having severe consequences
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Bias-motivated attacks became a distinct crime in the 1980s. But police investigate only a fraction of the roughly 200,000 hate crimes reported each year – and even fewer ever make it to court.
Any behavior reasonably calculated to dissuade a person from participating in an election is intimidation.
Many conspiracy theories and disinformation are rooted in antisemitic tropes which spread harm and undermine our democratic institutions.
In a state where elections have turned on Black voters, the recent GOP overhaul of Georgia election laws has many voting rights activists and Democrats concerned that turnout may be affected.
A better understanding of Tolkien’s works and the nature of adaptations will combat some online disinformation and harassment that has surrounded ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.’
In the middle of the tremendous outpouring of love and grief for the Queen and the monarchy she represented, not everyone wants to take a moment of silence. And there are a lot of reasons why.
Recently, the cast of The Rings of Power announced a statement of solidarity against the relentless racist abuse against actors of colour on the show.
Universities can draw on health research about patient/health-care practitioner shared decision-making to centre the voices of BIPOC students when creating policies and practices to dismantle racism.
As a political tool with a long history and dubious boundaries, whiteness – by its very fluidity – fosters violence.
This book succeeds well in describing and criticising, through many examples, how whiteness works.
GOP political ads are becoming more extreme in their use of weapons to demonstrate armed resistance against those opposed to their militant views – including other Republicans.
It’s been over a year since the Proud Boys were labelled a terrorist entity, but that hasn’t affected extremist activities in Canada.
The ‘freedom convoy’ provides a way to express the emotional self-interest of Canadians — mostly white men — who feel they are losing their rightful place in Canadian society.
Accused men were protected by the SBC while the women who dared to speak up were called sluts, adulteresses, Jezebels and even agents of Satan. A scholar of evangelicalism writes about this culture.
White supremacist groups seek to solidify their control over the US by changing the government, sometimes by violence.
If Texas Gov. Greg Abbott had his way, the state’s past of lynching Blacks would be taught as an exception rather than the rule. History tells a different story.
The far-right today shares more than just ideas with white supremacists of yesterday – they also share some pagan-inspired symbols.
The Buffalo mass shooting reignited discussion of replacement theory. This conspiracy isn’t new, but understanding its roots is helpful to understand its connection to extremism.
When young people plan a mass shooting, especially at a school, they typically reveal their plans in advance. Two scholars weigh in on whether the warning signs are being heeded in the right way.
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Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Dayton
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Visiting Assistant Professor of Geography, Macalester College
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Associate Professor of Criminal Justice and Criminology, University of North Carolina – Charlotte
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Chaired professor for Scholarship in the Public Interest in the Department of English and Cultural Studies, McMaster University
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Associate Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Alabama
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Director of Security Studies and Professor of Criminology and Justice Studies, UMass Lowell
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University Professor and Joseph H. & Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History, Brandeis University
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Distinguished Professor, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Co-founder and director of Hate & Extremism Insights Aotearoa (HEIA) and director, Master of Conflict and Terrorism Studies, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Chancellor's Professor of Geography, University of Tennessee
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Professor of Old English and Old Norse, University College Cork
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Associate Professor of Graphic Design, Iowa State University
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Associate Professor of Global and International Studies, University of California, Irvine
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Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Dayton
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Lecturer, Political Science and International Studies, University of Birmingham