Fighting Words: The Politics of Hateful Speech / Edition 1

ISBN-13: 9780275954383 Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic Publication date: 05/28/1996 Edition description: New Edition Pages: 216 Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.63(d) Lexile: 1500L (what's this?) This intriguing book reflects on the conditions on college campuses that give rise to words and acts of hate, on the consequences of these episodes, and on strategies intended to improve intergroup harmony. Using the speech given by Nation of Islam spokesperson Khalid Abdul Muhammad at Kean College in 1993, the book begins with a consideration of the societal trends affecting today's college student, including the increasing economic uncertainty that characterizes their future and the hostility and fragmentation that characterizes their present. Attitudinal changes have proven to be widespread, as more Americans have begun to view the world through the lenses of political, social, and economic self-interest, calling prevailing equity policy into question and giving new life to identit