"Fighting Fire with Fire": Rethinking the Role of Disgust in Hate Crimes

How should communities respond to crimes expressing hate, not merely toward an individual victim, but also toward the larger group of which that victim is part? This question is not new: it has been framed, domestically, by the emergence and flourishing of identity politics; it has been underscored,...

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Published inCalifornia law review Vol. 90; no. 5; pp. 1423 - 1464
Main Author Abrams, Kathryn
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Berkeley CA United States of America School of Law, University of California, Berkeley 01.10.2002
California Law Review Inc
University of California - Berkeley, School of Law
Subjects
A Colloquium on Community Policing
Communities
Community action
Compliance
Criminal law
Criminals
Disgust
Fines (Penalties)
Gays and lesbians
Hate crimes
Lesbianism
Libel and slander
Masculinity
Morality
Muslims
Normativity
Prevention
Social goals
Theory
Violent crimes
UNITED STATES
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Summary:How should communities respond to crimes expressing hate, not merely toward an individual victim, but also toward the larger group of which that victim is part? This question is not new: it has been framed, domestically, by the emergence and flourishing of identity politics; it has been underscored, beyond U.S. borders, by efforts to address war crimes and genocide born of group-based antagonisms. But the tragedies of September 11, 2001, have framed this question with distinctive urgency. Fierce hatreds fueled the attacks themselves. These acts then triggered a wave of violence against Arab Americans, Muslims, and others assumed to be of Middle Eastern origin. Though this wave appears to have crested, its virulence and possible repetition compel us to think anew about the most fruitful responses to group-based hatred in our communities.
Bibliography:Informit, Melbourne (Vic)
California Law Review, Vol. 90, No. 5, Oct 2002, 1423-1464
ISSN:0008-1221
1942-6542
DOI:10.2307/3481361