THE SCIENCE(S) OF HATE

DR. BARBARA PERRY

CENTRE ON HATE, BIAS AND EXTREMISM
ONTARIO TECH UNIVERSITY
HATE STUDIES
Social
• Sociology Sciences
• Criminology
• Legal studies
• Philosophy Biological Humanities
• Communication/Media studies Sciences
• Psychology
• Neuroscience
DISTRIBUTION OF HATE CRIME RELATED
SUBJECT MATTER 2010-2016, WEB OF SCIENCE

35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
WHAT IS HATE?

• EMOTION?
• STATE OF MIND?
• PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDER?
• MOTIVATOR?
• NEUROLOGICAL DEFECT?
• SOCIAL NORM?
• ETHIC?
• MOVEMENT?
USES AND ABUSES OF “HATE”

Trivialization

Individualization

Pathologization

Depoliticization
• Trivialization
• Individualization
• Pathologization
• Depoliticization
IN OTHER WORDS . . .

• Bias crime
• Bigoted violence
• Ethnoviolence
• Targeted violence
• Systemic violence
• Oppressive violence
• Terrorism
• Crime against humanity/human rights violation
CORE FOCI OF HATE STUDIES
ETHIC OF POWER

Exercise of power
Maintenance of privilege
Role of controlling images
COMMUNICATION OF HATE

• Narratives of hate
• Social media
• Media role
SOCIOLOGY OF PREJUDICE AND VIOLENCE

• Permission to hate
• Situational/triggered response
• Strain, social control, learning
theories
• Social movement theories
• “Doing difference”
PSYCHOLOGY OF HATE

• In-group/out-group bias
• Threat hypothesis
• Self-esteem
• Aggression
• Typology of offenders
• Victim/community impacts
BIOLOGY OF HATE

• Neuroscience of emotion
• Neuroscience of empathy and
dehumanization
• Neuroscience of prejudice/bias
• Neural networks related to
attack/defense, contempt
LEGISLATING HATE

• Key debates
• Free speech vs. hate speech
• Protected categories
• Motivated “in whole” or “in part”
• Animus vs discriminatory selection
• Criminal offence vs. sentencing
provision
PROCESSING HATE
Sentencing
Court
Decision
Crown Charges

Police Recording

Public Reporting

Incidents
LEADERSHIP FOR SOCIAL CHANGE

• Challenging public narratives

• Challenging online narratives
• Resisting hate in the community
• Role of media
DR. BARBARA PERRY
CENTRE ON HATE, BIAS AND EXTREMISM
ONTARIO TECH UNIVERSITY

BARBARA.PERRY@UOIT.CA