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Saturday Schedule
Program
Annual
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Saturday, January 4, 2003
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8:30-10:15 a.m.
Section on Minority Groups
Adrien Katherine Wing, University of Iowa, Chair |
Maryland Suite C
Marriott Wardman Park Hotel
Lobby Level |
Minority (Dis)empowerment?: Hate Crimes,
Violence and Bias Crime Law
Moderator:
Adrien Katherine Wing, University of Iowa
Speakers: - Jeannine Bell, Indiana University-Bloomington
- Darren Lenard Hutchinson, Southern Methodist University
- Victor C. Romero, The Pennsylvania State University
- Lu-In Wang, University of Pittsburgh
Several states have passed legislation punishing hate or bias crimes-acts of violence committed because of the victim's race, religion, and sexual orientation. Though people of color from a variety of racial and ethnic backgrounds constitute a very large percentage of hate crime victims, much of the scholarship written in this area does not recognize or address their experiences or perspectives. This panel will explore the problem of bias-motivated violence for people of color and will critically evaluate hate crime legislation. Examining hate crimes as a structure of domination, the panel will describe the social and psychological effects of hate crimes and the ways in which the socio-cultural environment promotes their perpetration.
The panel will also focus on the efficacy of hate crime law as a solution to bias-motivated violence. Panelists will discuss the enforcement of hate crime laws empirically and will present a model of the process police officers use to enforce hate crime legislation. Special attention will be given to the effects of their enforcement on minorities intended to benefit from this legislation. The social impact of enforcing hate crime legislation, particularly intra-group tension created by minority perpetrators' attacks on minority victims will also be examined.
Business Meeting at Program Conclusion
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