Hate Speech

by Caitlin Ring Carlson

Book Overview

An investigation of hate speech: legal approaches, current controversies, and suggestions for limiting its spread.

Hate speech can happen anywhere--in Charlottesville, Virginia, where young men in khakis shouted, "Jews will not replace us"; in Myanmar, where the military used Facebook to target the Muslim Rohingya; in Capetown, South Africa, where a pastor called on ISIS to rid South Africa of the "homosexual curse." In person or online,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 026253990X
• ISBN13: 9780262539906
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 6.9"