Document Type

Working Paper

Publication Date

7-13-2012

SSRN Discipline

Legal Scholarship Network; PSN Subject Matter eJournals; Communication Studies Research Network; *Humanities - Forthcoming Areas; African-American Studies; LSN Subject Matter eJournals; CommRN Subject Matter eJournals; Constitutional Law, Jurisprudence & Legal Philosophy eJournals; Humanities Network; Political Science Network; Political Behavior eJournals

Abstract

Argues that the debate about hate speech can be approached with equal justification from two perspectives from either an equality or free speech standpoint depending on the values that one favors and the historical narrative that rings most true to ones experience Observes that the concerted nature of racist hate speech creates a picture of changed social reality that seriously damages the prospects and feelings of persons of color

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