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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsObama Hate Speech Spreads on Facebook
http://www.technewsdaily.com/4584-obama-hate-speech-spreads-on-facebook.html?cmpid=492405Obama Hate Speech Spreads on Facebook
A new study from Baylor University shows how anti-Obama and just plain racist groups use Facebook to spread their messages. And we're not talking about politics, but Ku Klux Klan-style hate speech using old stereotypes updated with do-rags and golden grills. More than 20 Facebook groups and "pages" were analyzed, using the keywords, "hate," "Barack Obama," and "Michelle Obama" to identify them.
Although historical stereotypes that portrayed blacks as animals, evil or shiftless have all but disappeared from mainstream television shows and movies, fans of Facebook hate groups have revived them and use doctored photos of the President as a chimp or sporting a bandana and a mouth full of gold teeth, according to the study.
"The growth of Facebook groups from a fringe activity to a significant communication source illustrates the recent evolution in the spread of hate speech," Moody said. Study findings indicate Facebook hate groups/pages differ from the hate groups of old. Today's groups don't have to be a part of a traditional faction such as the Ku Klux Klan Anyone can create a Facebook group or page anywhere, and then recruit members from all over the world, the study said. Moody found that even groups that claimed to be politically motivated used racist rhetoric, contained racist posts and comments. The page for the group, "No! I dont hate blacks! I just think Barack Obama is a terrible president," was peppered with racial slurs, such as "Obama needs to step down and go back to Africa with the rest of the coons!! Hes nothing but a jigaboo and spear chucker!! (sic)." This site was later removed from Facebook.
Some hate groups have avoided Facebook policy-keepers by using slur-free titles for their groups and "official" pages, along with photos without captions neither of these examples would turn up in a Facebook keyword search. "Because slurs are not in the official title, Facebook is not as quick to shut them down," she said. Many groups emphasized the Obamas dietary habits, the report said. One photo featured Mr. Obama holding a can of Welchs grape soda and wearing heavy gold jewelry and a baseball cap obviously Photoshopped into the photo. The photos caption asked, "Where all the white wimmin at (sic)?"
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Obama Hate Speech Spreads on Facebook (Original Post)
grasswire
Oct 2012
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dembotoz
(16,806 posts)1. not new-been seeing this crap since 2008
grasswire
(50,130 posts)2. that's true, but we're not seeing much repudiation of it.
Maybe Joe Biden will call out the haters.
Indpndnt
(2,391 posts)3. Must say I'm surprised this is a Baylor study.
They're as conservative as they come. I would've thought they'd either delay the release of this study until after the election or ignore the topic altogether. Huh. Good for them.
mcdornan1
(16 posts)4. I believe Obama will win
but these people will explode when that happens. It happened for a few months after Obama took office.
Indpndnt
(2,391 posts)5. I'm looking forward to the exploding, myself.
It'll be even more entertaining than last time.
Welcome to DU, mcdornan1.