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If
students are to become the leaders of our world, rather than its bullies, they
need to be helped to understand the enormity of the continuum on which
bias-based bullying falls. As young people reach high school, especially, they
need to know the history of hatred
and inhumanity and they need to understand, as current events unfold all over
the world, that such inhumanity continues. Most important, they need to
discover that there are things each individual can do to respond to bias
crimes and hatred.
HATE CRIME:
"Should it be considered a crime?: a 4-LESSON SEQUENCE – CURRENT
EVENTS - " Two Illinois high school students went to court on May 16,
2007 accused of committing a hate crime at school. The incident is
explained in a May 17, 2007 CBS article headlined "Girls
Charged With Hate Crime For Anti-Gay Fliers." The article is a
valuable teaching tool, especially because of the balanced way it was
written. The Safe Schools Coalition's 4-lesson sequence is based on this
article. A current events lesson for grades 8-12.
http://www.safeschoolscoalition.org/HateCrimeLessonPlan-May18-2007-2.pdf
(pdf format)
Listen to: "William's Song - Five Great Big
Guys"
(4:43) 50 Under 30: Masculinity and the War on America's
Youth: a groundbreaking human rights report documenting a
tide of murders -- more than 50 young people aged 30 and under -- by
assailants who targeted them because they did not fit stereotypes for
masculinity or femininity.
http:www.50under30.org
Assault
on Gay America: The Life and Death of Billy Jack Gaither:
web site examines Gaither’s murder and the perspectives of psychologists,
religious scholars, and geneticists and other scientists, from PBS (Public
Broadcasting System): http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/assault
Families
United Against Hate: a nonprofit grassroots
organization created by and for families and survivors of hate motivated
violence, in collaboration with other individuals and organizations.
Provides long-term emotional support and technical assistance to families.
Also, FUAH's web site has an excellent page stating their position on national
hate crime legislation: http://www.fuah.org/federal_legislation.html;
Email: info@fuah.org;
Web site: http://www.fuah.org HATE CRIME.NET: an international
service, assists survivors and their families worldwide. HATE-CRIME.NET
volunteers from all over the world receive immediate e-mail notifications
about reported hate crimes. Volunteers then offer their help by sending
letters of support directly to the victims -- a tremendous opportunity for
linking victims with victim service agencies. The HATE-CRIME Network serves
all who are affected by intolerance, discrimination, and prejudice --
regardless of motivation or location - across the globe. (International)
HATE-CRIME Network: http://www.HATE-CRIME.NET;
(U.S./North America) Hate Crime National Hotline: 800-616-HATE.
HateCrime.org:
web site created by political commentator and gay civil rights activist John
Aravosis includes links to web sites about GLBT victims of hate crimes
(including Matthew Shepard, Brandon Teena, Danny Overstreet, JR Warren, PFC
Barry Winchell) as well as an Action Center, Statistics Center, and more: http://www.hatecrime.org
by Steve Schalchlin - on
The Bonus Round
Sessions (2000)
http://www.bonusround.com/
“Crimes
of hate, conspiracy of silence: Torture and ill-treatment based on sexual
identity”: This
report is available online from Amnesty International’s worldwide campaign
against torture. It contributes to growing international efforts to end
violence against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people: http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/engACT400162001?OpenDocument&of=THEMES\SEXUAL+ORIENTATION;
or en Español: http://www.edai.org/centro/tortura/crimenes.htm
Hate Crimes: web page of concrete tips for GLBT people about self-defense, safety, what to expect after an assault and how to report a hate crime, from Community United Against Violence: http://www.xq.com/cuav/hatecr1.htm
HATE CRIME: "Should it be considered a crime?: a 4-LESSON SEQUENCE – CURRENT EVENTS - " Two Illinois high school students went to court on May 16, 2007 accused of committing a hate crime at school. The incident is explained in a May 17, 2007 CBS article headlined "Girls Charged With Hate Crime For Anti-Gay Fliers." The article is a valuable teaching tool, especially because of the balanced way it was written. The Safe Schools Coalition's 4-lesson sequence is based on this article. A current events lesson for grades 8-12. http://www.safeschoolscoalition.org/HateCrimeLessonPlan-May18-2007-2.pdf (pdf format)
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http://www.ngltf.org/downloads/hatemap0601.pdf
HateFilter™: software to protect children by blocking web sites that, in the judgment
of the ADL, advocate hatred, bigotry or violence towards Jews or others on the
basis of, among other factors, their sexual orientation: http://www.adl.org/hate-patrol/info/default.htm
“Homosexuals
- Victims of the Nazi Era”:
a report from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: http://www.ushmm.org/education/resource/hms/HomosBklt.pdf
New
York City Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project:
contains vitally important information about safe dating, surviving hate
crimes, and more: http://www.avp.org
Political
Research Associates (Fight the Right Site): organization monitors the
activities of extremist groups. Includes articles, bibliographies, links,
calendar listings: http://www.publiceye.org/index.htm
Responding to Hate at School - A guide for teachers, counselors and administrators from Teaching Tolerance. http://www.tolerance.org/pdf/rthas.pdf (pdf format)
"Responses to Bias-Based
Incidents": a handout from Families United Against Hate
explaining victims' experiences in the days (weeks, months) following the
harassment or violence: http://www.fuah.org/responses-to-bias-incidents.pdf
(pdf format)
