| Description |
309 pages ; 24 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-303) and index. |
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Introduction -- Chapter one Lancing a boil -- Chapter two A conflict of visions: The "continuing oppression" narrative versus reality -- Chapter three Big fake on campus: Fake hate crimes in American academia -- Chapter four: The Klan springs eternal! Hoax hate group attacks and the real crimes they cover up -- Chapter five The Trump hate crmes: Donald Trump's election and the resulting wave of hoaxes -- Chapter six Fake religious, anti-LGBT, and gender bias incidents -- Chapter seven Throwing fuel on the fire: Media complicity with hate crime hoaxes -- Chapter eight White hot: Causcasian hate hoaxers -- Chapter nine Solution sets: How to deal with the epidemic of hoax hates crimes -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index. |
| Summary |
"If you believe the news, today's America is plagued by an epidemic of violent hate crimes. But is that really true? In Hate Crime Hoax, Professor Wilfred Reilly examines over one hundred widely publicized incidents of so-called hate crimes that never actually happened. With a critical eye and attention to detail, Reilly debunks these fabricated incidents--many of them alleged to have happened on college campuses--and explores why so many Americans are driven to fake hate crimes. We're not experiencing an epidemic of hate crimes, Reilly concludes--but we might be experiencing an unprecented epidemic of hate crime hoaxes"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Victims of hate crimes -- United States.
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Hate crimes -- United States.
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Fake news -- United States.
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Right and left (Political science) -- United States.
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Fake news. |
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Hate crimes. |
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Race relations. |
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Right and left (Political science) |
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Victims of hate crimes. |
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United States -- Race relations.
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United States. |
| ISBN |
9781621577782 (hardback) |
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1621577783 |
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