Being a hate speech target harms emotional and physical health
Evidence
The impact of prejudice on targets of discrimination is, as illustrated by the chapters by Major & Vick and by Jones in this volume (chs. 9 and 10 respectively), often profound. Antilocutions represent a critical mechanism by which prejudice can injure targets. As compellingly illustrated in Matsuda, Lawrence, Delgado, and Crenshaw’s (1993) Words That Wound, selfreports of the victims of hate speech are universal in conveying the breadth and depth of these deleterious effects. It is not at all surprising that evidence has confirmed that being the target of hate speech results in harmful effects, ranging from negative emotional responses (Nielsen, 2002), to physiological reactivity (Clark, Anderson, Clark, & Williams, 1999), to lowered collective self-esteem (Boeckmann & Liew, 2002; see also Leets & Giles, 1997). — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 1273
The impact of prejudice on targets of discrimination is, as illustrated by the chapters by Major & Vick and by Jones in this volume (chs. 9 and 10 respectively), often profound. Antilocutions represent a critical mechanism by which prejudice can injure targets. As compellingly illustrated in Matsuda, Lawrence, Delgado, and Crenshaw’s (1993) Words That Wound, selfreports of the victims of hate speech are universal in conveying the breadth and depth of these deleterious effects. It is not at all surprising that evidence has confirmed that being the target of hate speech results in harmful effects, ranging from negative emotional responses (Nielsen, 2002), to physiological reactivity (Clark, Anderson, Clark, & Williams, 1999), to lowered collective self-esteem (Boeckmann & Liew, 2002; see also Leets & Giles, 1997). — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 1273
Categorization
- XREF: Links to the established literature on microaggressions and physiological weathering from chronic identity-based stress.
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice: Fifty Years…, 1273; , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 1273