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Racially Motivated Violence

Racially motivated violence manifests itself as lynchings, church arsons, mass shooting, disturbances, riots, uprisings, outrages, among other forms. Most prominent among these today is hate crime and terrorism.

The resources on the right are arranged by type: E-Books, articles, library videos, and websites. They all relate to racially motivated violence in some way, though they may delve into other issues surrounding violence.

Racially Motivated Violence

The Chinese must go: Violence, exclusion, and the making of the alien in America by Lew-Williams, B.
ISBN: 9780674976016
Publication Date: 2018
Ebooks in EBSCOhost
A curse upon the nation: Race, freedom, and extermination in America and the Atlantic world by Wright Lewis, K.
ISBN: 9780820351278
Publication Date: 2017
Ebooks in EBSCOhost
Global lynching and collective violence: Volume 2: The Americas and Europe by Pfeifer, M. J.
ISBN: 9780252041389
Publication Date: 2017
Ebooks in EBSCOhost
The handbook of race, ethnicity, crime, and justice by Martinez Jr., H. R. et al
ISBN: 9781119114017
Publication Date: 2018
Credo Reference
Our fight has just begun: Hate crimes and justice in Native America by Bennett, C. R.
ISBN: 9780816541676
Publication Date: 2022
ProQuest Ebook Central
Reckoning with race: America's failure by Dattel, G.
ISBN: 9781594039096
Publication Date: 2018
Ebooks in EBSCOhost
Roots of African American violence: Ethnocentrism, cultural diversity, and racism by Hawkins, D. F. et al
ISBN: 9781626376052
Publication Date: 2017
ProQuest Ebook Central

Anti-Muslim violence, hate crime, and victimization in Canada: A study of five Canadian cities by Mercier-Dalphond, G. & Helly, D.
Canadian Ethnic Studies. (2021), 53(1), 1-22.
Campus racial incidents, hate crimes, and white male and female students' racial attitudes by Garibay, J. C.; et.al.
Journal of Higher Education, (2020), 91(1), 1-31.
Coyotes from the same wolf by Galemba, R.
NACLA Report on the Americas, (2019), 51(1), 49-54.
Hate crimes, terrorism, and the framing of white supremacist violence by Sinnar, S.
California Law Review, (2022), 110(2)
Reconceptualizing historic and contemporary violence against African Americans as savage white American terror (SWAT) by Spencer, Z. and Perlow, O. N.
Journal of African American Studies, (2018), 22(2/3), 155-173.
Seeing guns to see urban violence: Racial inequality & neighborhood context by Hureau, D. M.
Daedalus, (2022), 151(1), 49-66.
"Take your kung-flu back to Wuhan": Counseling Asians, Asian Americans, and Pacific Islanders with race-based trauma related to COVID-19 by Litam, S. D. A.
Professional Counselor, (2020), 10(2), 144-156.
Two Semites confront anti-semitism: On the varities of anti-semitic experience by Asfari, A.; Hirschbein, R.
Value Inquiry Book Series, (2018), 316, 106-125.
The virtual killing of Muslims: Digital war games, Islamophobia, and the global war on terror by Mirrlees, T.; Ibaid, T.
Islamophobia Studies Journal, (2021), 6(1), 33-51.

Black lives matter
Films on Demand - 47:30
In 2013 in Sanford, Florida, vigilante George Zimmerman was found not guilty of the murder of 17-year-old African American Trayvon Martin. As a result, the struggle against police violence flared up under the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter and turned into one of the biggest grassroots movements in the United States. This film interviewed co-founder Patrisse Cullors about the various forms of violence against black citizens, and why resistance is essential.
The Chinese exclusion act
Films on Demand - 2:40:15
The Chinese Exclusion Act explores in riveting detail this little known, yet deeply resonant and revealing episode in American history—one that sheds enormous light on key aspects of the history of American civil liberties, immigration, and culture—during one of the most formative periods of U.S. history.
"The Hate U Give" Tackles Police Violence
Films on Demand (8:25 min)
The young adult novel "The Hate U Give" tells the story of a teenager whose childhood friend is shot and killed by a police officer. In the book, now a finalist for a National Book Award and Kirkus Prize, author Angie Thomas addresses difficult topics including race relations, police violence and racial stereotypes.
Murder in New York: Malcolm X and the birth of Afro-Americanism
Alexander Street Video - 51:00
This documentary reconstitutes the murder and looks at the serious leads casting light on his assassination. It is also the occasion to discover the key stages of the life of the fighter for the cause of the Black, and later of all oppressed people, irrespective of race and religion. It will reveal some of the important contradictions of this outstanding personality.
Racial abuse
Alexander Street Video - 11:00
Racial Abuse features a short dramatic reconstruction of a violent and aggressive outburst from a student who racially abuses a teacher.
Skinhead assault
Alexander Street Video - 45:00
Volksfront is one of the fastest-growing Neo Nazi skinhead gangs in the country. Originally formed in the Oregon prisons in 1994, the gang has spread across the country, and now claims territory in seven countries on four continents. The gang uses the internet to recruit mainly racist skinheads. Volksfront has one goal - to create a white homeland and punish those who stand in their way.
South central Los Angeles: Inside voices
Alexander Street Video - 48:00
This is a powerful documentary that honestly and directly exposes issues of prejudice, racism and class as they effect multicultural communities.

Antisemitic attacks spread like 'wildfire' in the U.S. during Gaza conflict
(PBS) While the confrontation between Israel and Hamas was taking place, there were growing reports of antisemitic attacks and slurs in several American cities. William Brangham focuses on the disturbing questions this trend raises about hate in America with Jonathan Greenblatt, the CEO of the Anti-Defamation League.
Black Lives Matter
Black Lives Matter Foundation, Inc is a global organization in the US, UK, and Canada, whose mission is to eradicate white supremacy and build local power to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities by the state and vigilantes.
Indigenous peoples and violence
(Association on American Indian Affairs) On these pages, you will find current and developing legislation, reports, Tribal and non-Tribal organizations working on these issues, and resources to all who are affected by this crisis.
It's long past time we recognized all the Latinos killed at the hands of police
(Time) The 910 Hispanics who have been killed at the hands of police since 2015, and in the years before these databases existed, deserve our attention, activism and remembrance.
Stop AAPI hate
(Stop AAPI Hate) Our communities stand united against racism. Hate against Asian American Pacific Islander communities has risen during the COVID-19 pandemic. Together, we can stop it.

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