ISS 215 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Matthew Shepard, Scapegoating
6 Dec 2017
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Action individuals/groups b/c of prejudice or for other arbitrary reasons. Prompted the criminal act (largest target = race) Gives doj the power to investigate and prosecute bias-motivated violence where a perpetrator has selected a victim because of the person"s actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability. Individuals choose a victim b/c of some characteristic (race, ethnicity, sexuality, Resulting from prejudice; denial of opportunities and equal rights to: all-weather liberal: . Hatred exposure to minorities) (good mental/good physical: reluctant liberal: . Generally committed to equality but will weaken with social pressure. Not committed to equality but will not discriminate if pressured financially, socially, or by government (bad mental/good due to pressure physical: all-weather bigot: . Acts on prejudice beliefs held by the individual. (bad mental/bad physical) Taking a job w/o having coworkers suspect it"s b/c of race. Speaking effectively in a large group w/o being called a credit to your race.
