Speaking Back

Speaking Back

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Summary

What is hate speech? How does a person suffer when they are vilified? What can public policy do to redress it? This text proposes a new type of hate speech policy - "speaking back" - providing institutional, material and educational support to enable the victims of hate speech to respond.

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Speaking Back by Katharine Gelber

This book proposes an original policy framework for addressing hate speech. Gelber argues that a policy designed to provide support to affected groups and communities to enable them to speak back when hate speech occurs, is a more useful way of addressing the harms of hate speech than punitive measures. She suggests that “speaking back” allows the affected groups to contradict the messages contained in the words of the hate speakers, and to counteract the silencing, disempowering and marginalising effects of hate speech. Gelber’s argument uniquely synthesises the ideas of defending the importance of participating in speech, recognising the harms of hate speech and acknowledging that targeted groups may require assistance to respond.
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ISBN 13 9789027226914
ISBN 10 9027226911
Title Speaking Back
Author Katharine Gelber
Series Discourse Approaches To Politics Society And Culture
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher John Benjamins Publishing Co
Year published 2002-05-03
Number of pages 177
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.