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HATE CRIMES

WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY DETROIT, MICHIGAN

SOC 2100 Section 15112, FALL 2004 SEMESTER
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SOC 2100 HATE CRIMES

INSTRUCTOR: FRANK TRIDICO

THE COURSE IS OFFERED AS AN ELECTIVE AND STUDENTS OF ALL DEPARTMENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO ENROLL. BOTH THE SOCIOLOGY AND LEGAL STUDIES DEPARTMENTS OFFER THE COURSE AS A CREDIT TO SATISFY THEIR RESPECTIVE DEGREE REQUIREMENTS.

THIS COURSE IS DESIGNED TO ANALYZE HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY HATE CRIMES. THE ORGANIZED FAR RIGHT MOVEMENT WILL BE EXAMINED FROM THE CONCEPTION OF THE KU KLUX KLAN IN 1865 TO ITS MORE CONTEMPORARY COUNTERPARTS. THE RACIST MIND WILL BE ANALYZED IN ITS FULL CONTEXT FROM FAR RIGHT THOUGHT TO OVERT ACTS OF HATRED. THIS COURSE WILL ALSO EXAMINE THE SOCIAL, LEGAL AND POLITICAL REALMS AND HOW RACISM HAS THRIVED WITHIN THEM.

MUCH OF THE COURSE MATERIAL COVERS THE INSTRUCTOR'S PERSONAL FIELD RESEARCH WITH VARIOUS RIGHTIST GROUPS. THE COURSE EXAMINES AND CRITICALLY ANALYZES:

DISTINGUISHING THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE ACTUAL 1921 CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE KNIGHTS OF THE KU KLUX KLAN, INC. AND FORGED MANIPULATED COPIES THAT CIRCULATED IN THE MID TO LATE 1980s

DISCERNING THE STRATEGIES AND TACTICS OF VARIOUS WINGS OF THE FAR RIGHT MOVEMENT

EXAMINING THE ORGANIZED FAR RIGHT FROM THE INSIDE AND HOW SOCIAL MOVEMENT THEORIES OFFER A MORE LOGICAL EXPLANATION OF MOVEMENT COHESION AND TENURE (OR LACK THEREOF) THAN WHAT THE MEDIA AND MAINSTREAM RESEARCH HAVE OFFERED

OBSERVATION OF ACTUAL ARTIFACTS FROM VARIOUS RIGHTIST GROUPS INCLUDING PICTURES, UNIFORMS, BOOKS AND OTHER FAR RIGHT PARAPHARNELIA

OTHER MATERIAL COVERED THROUGHOUT THE COURSE INCLUDES:

THE RISE OF FASCISM IN ITALY AND JAPAN AND NATIONAL SOCIALISM IN NAZI GERMANY AND THEIR PLAN FOR WORLD DOMINATION

GENOCIDE THROUGHOUT HISTORY, INCLUDING THE HOLOCAUST AND THE HORRIFIC MEDICAL EXPERIMENTS BY THE NAZIS (STERILIZATION PROJECTS, CASTRATION OF PRISONERS, MEDICAL EXPERIMENTS ON TWINS)

HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES AND GENOCIDE IN RWANDA, SUDAN AND SIERRA LEONE

THE MARKETING OF HATE ON THE INTERNET AND HOW IT OFFERS AN EFFECTIVE MEDIUM FOR GROUPS TO GAIN EXPOSURE,ADHERENTS AND RESOURCES

RACISM IN AMERICA (POLITICAL, LEGAL AND SOCIAL REALMS)

RHETORIC AS AN EFFECTIVE STRATEGY

HATE CRIMES IN AMERICA

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF HATE CRIMES LEGISLATION AND HOW IT DIFFERS FORM STATE TO STATE

ANTI-BIAS LITIGATION (WHERE IT HAS BEEN EFFECTIVE, WHERE IT HAS BEEN INEFFECTIVE AND THE REASONS FOR ITS SUCCESS OR FAILURE)

FRANK TRIDICO IS AN ADJUNCT FACULTY INSTRUCTOR FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY AT WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY. HE IS ALSO LISTED AT WAYNE STATE'S OFFICE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS DATABASE AS A FACULTY EXPERT ON HATE CRIMES, HATE GROUPS AND MILITIA ORGANIZATIONS. HIS RESEARCH HAS ENTAILED THE INTERVIEWING OF FAR RIGHT GROUPS IN BOTH THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA, INCLUDING THE NATIONAL ORDER OF THE KU KLUX KLAN, UNITED IMPERIAL KLANS, KNIGHTS OF THE KU KLUX KLAN AND THE CHRISTIAN BROTHERHOOD. IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, HIS RESEARCH HAS INCLUDED INTERVIEWING MILITIA GROUPS IN NORTHERN MICHIGAN, INCLUDING THE AMERICAN CITIZENS FOR THE PRESERVATION OF CONSTITUTIONAL HERITAGE (ACPCH).

HE IS THE AUTHOR OF THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF REALITY (2003) AND CO-AUTHOR OF HOW SOCIOLOGISTS DO RESEARCH (2003), AUTHOR OF CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN LAW AND SOCIETY (2004) BY LANDON ELSEMERE PRESS AND AUTHOR OF THE UPCOMING BOOK THE SPIRIT OF REVOLUTION (2005) BY LANGSTANE PRESS.

FURTHER INFORMATION: franktridico@yahoo.com
LAST UPDATE: September 1st, 2004