Soc 530 Hate Crimes

Hate crimes as a social issue. Central themes: the role that gender plays in the commission and awareness of hate crimes and the mainstreaming of bias crimes and the ideology behind them. Includes analysis of propaganda and coded language in the popular media and the Internet, analysis of the grass-roots response in the popular media, and evaluation of their effectiveness. Also offered for undergraduate-level credit as Soc 430 and may be taken only once for credit.