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:
OTHER MATERIAL COVERED THROUGHOUT THE COURSE INCLUDES:
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