Feb. 21, 2019
Although much attention – and criticism – has been aimed at the alleged faked hate crime by Jussie Smollett, most hate crimes are not hoaxes, according to those who have studied the issue.
“Our preliminary data shows that over the past...
Feb. 21, 2019
While a reported attack on Jussie Smollett initially said to have been motivated by hate appears to be a hoax, data shows that hate crimes are almost never faked, the news site reported.
Of the 7,175 reported hate crimes reported...
Feb. 22, 2019
And opinion column by K. Austin Collins on the complex impact of Jussie Smollett’s alleged hate crime hoax included a reference to hate crime research by Cal State San Bernardino's Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism.
“I have a...
Feb. 21, 2019
Brian Levin, director of the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University, San Bernardino, joins MTP Daily to discuss the rise in hate groups and how white nationalist movements are seeking those in the...
Feb. 22, 2019
U.S. hate crime statistics compiled by the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University, San Bernardino were cited in a news report in Australia about the effect the alleged hate-crime hoax by actor Jussie...
Feb. 21, 2019
Brian Levin, who directs the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University, San Bernardino, was a guest on the Peter Tilden show to discuss the fallout from the alleged hate crime hoax by actor Jussie...
Feb. 24, 2019
The dramatic unraveling of the story of a vicious attack on actor Jussie Smollett has spread deep concern among hate-crime victims that growing racist and anti-gay violence now may be more likely to go unreported and unpunished, the...
Feb. 23, 2019
When Chicago police charged Jussie Smollett — a black and gay actor, who reported he had been attacked by two white men with a rope, shouting homophobic and racist slurs — with filing a false police report this week, the news landed...
Feb. 22, 2019
Hoaxes are not tracked formally, but the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University, San Bernardino, said that of an estimated 21,000 hate crime cases between 2016 and 2018, fewer than 50 reports were...
Feb. 23, 2019
The nascent culture war over hate crime obfuscates what researchers call the empirical truth of hate crimes: They are rising in America. And exceptionally few are hoaxes.
“What’s been disturbing in the sciences is that we’ve gone from...
Feb. 23, 2019
The number of hate crimes, or crimes against a protected minority, has increased over the last several years in the United States. Advocates fear the alleged false reporting of a hate crime by an American actor may cause people to doubt...
The Desert Sun
Feb. 24, 2019
In an opinion column about the Coachella Valley’s readiness to welcome digital entrepreneurs, writer Joe Wallace, Coachella Valley Economic Partnership's CEO and chief innovation officer, mentioned that “Bandwidth has...