How 'Eliminationist' Language Spurs Hate Violence
How does political rhetoric contribute to violent bigotry and hate crimes, and how does that violence impact communities, beyond the direct victims?
Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast
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Show Notes
How does political rhetoric contribute to violent bigotry and hate crimes, and how does that violence impact communities, beyond the direct victims?
On Today's Show:
Brian Levin, criminologist, civil rights attorney and professor of criminal justice and director of the Center for the Study of Hate & Extremism at California State University, San Bernardino, talks about the hate crime investigation, and the motivation of the suspect who shot 13 people in a Buffalo supermarket this weekend.