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City University of New York (CUNY)

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2008

Digital sociology

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Race, Civil Rights, And Hate Speech In The Digital Era, Jessie Daniels Jan 2008

Race, Civil Rights, And Hate Speech In The Digital Era, Jessie Daniels

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The emergence of the digital era has had unintended consequences for race, civil rights, and hate speech.This chapter looks at the prevalence of both overtly racist sites, such as Stormfront, and at "cloaked" sites, that purport to advocate civil rights but disguise a racist agenda.