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Hate Crimes Revisited: America's War On Those Who Are Different

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This book is fantastic reference for anyone interested in doing research on hate crimes. Levin and McDevitt know what they're talking about!

This book is garbage, all of the information is ancient and irrelevant to an issue as enigmatic and shape-shifting depending on context, egos, identity, et cetera. I read this for a class and was thoroughly insulted by the content; it was as if Levin and McDervitt decided that research really just wasn't important anymore. While this book certainly doesn't claim to be scholarly work, it just isn't even worth the paper its printed on.

These two supposed "experts" are also flagrant apologists and their ignorance of structural violence, systemic oppression systems, intersecting identities, or even just transphobic violence is astonishing to say the least. You are better off reading Audrey Smedley's Race in North America and watching "Black and Gold."

It's a picture look at hate crimes through mostly stories that really hold your attention, but no one can make demographics all that interesting. I had the pleasure of having Jack Levin as a professor. I read the entire book even though I'd get it a second time on PowerPoint the day after.