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Confronting the lies that protect racist hate speech.

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dc.contributor.author Asafo, Dylan
dc.date.accessioned 2021-12-02T19:27:10Z
dc.date.available 2021-12-02T19:27:10Z
dc.date.issued 2020
dc.identifier.citation https://www.justice.gov/hatecrimes/laws-and- policies [https://perma.cc/7XA6-QZ9N]. en_US
dc.identifier.uri ${sadil.baseUrl}/handle/123456789/1083
dc.description 32 pages : PDF en_US
dc.description.abstract This Article provides a comparative critique of hate speech jurisprudence in New Zealand and the United States by building on insights from Critical Race Theory (CRT) scholars. My main argument is that neither of these liberal democracies protect the right to freedom of expression/ speech as they claim, but in fact dishonestly protect a right to “freedom of expression of racism” or “freedom of racist speech.” They do this by telling lies that inflate the value of free expression/speech and diminish and dismiss the harms that hate speech inflicts on marginalized groups. To move towards honest hate speech laws in both jurisdictions, I propose a communications strategy that seeks to reframe hate speech from a free speech issue to a public health issue. This is in order to push for reforms that will enable the courts to better protect people of color from the physical, mental, psychological or spiritual harms of racist hate speech. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Pacific Basin Law Journal en_US
dc.subject Hate speech, Racist, freedom of expression speech, public health issue en_US
dc.title Confronting the lies that protect racist hate speech. en_US
dc.title.alternative Towards Honest Hate Speech Laws in New Zealand and the United States. en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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