Open Access Opinion

Increased Hate Speech and Bias-Based Bullying in A Sample of University Students

Elizabeth Englander* and Brian Kretschmar

Massachusetts Aggression Reduction Center, Bridgewater State University, USA

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Received Date: February 24, 2020;  Published Date: March 04, 2020

Abstract

Following years of declining activity, 2016 marked the beginning of increases in hate group activity and hate crimes across the United States and Europe. According to the FBI, in 2018, anti-Semitic homicides rose to their highest level ever, and anti-Sikh attacks tripled. Antitransgender hate crimes rose 34%. African Americans were the most targeted group. It is no longer vanishingly unlikely that a physician, educator, or other caretaker may encounter a child or adolescent with some involvement with hate speech or a hate group, as either a target or a potential recruit. Being aware of how involvement might take place, and the psychological consequences of such involvement and the relationship with other behavioral disorders, can be crucial in addressing this issue effectively within a productive therapeutic or educational relationship.

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