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Racial Cyberhates Targeting Young People
Introduction
What is racism? Why and how does it go online? How does it affect young people? How
to oppose online hate targeting young people? These questions have become the focus of
attention as an attempt to raise awareness towards negative impact of the digital technology such
as internet and World Wide Web in the life of young people. Young people nowadays have been
accustomed to the use of digital technology since birth. This generation, termed as digital
natives, is natively surrounded and accustomed to use and utilize digital technology such as
computers, videogames, DVD players, video cameras, cell phones, iPods, and other instruments
from digital age (Prensky, 2006). Growing up in the digital age has made its own challenges for
young people to process torrential shifts of information changing. With the ubiquity of
information in the digital era and the availability of the information changes, young people
nowadays have become part of the digital society whose culture has evolved in such a way that
creates endless possibilities in almost every aspects of life.
Racism in todayâs digital society has evolved in such a way where racist recreates its
novelty by utilizing technology as the core engine of its main mission â generating hate towards
other race. Discrimination towards other race of color has been done in various ways by white
supremacist whose main mission is to create oppression and retain its power of domination over
other race of color. Among those ways of discrimination practices, racial cyberhate is another
level of racism utilized by hate monger to empower its influence in a greater manner. Internet
and World Wide Web have reinforced racial hatred into another dimension than ever before â
intensifying its expansion into the modern world of digital society. In fact, âthe number of hate
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website is skyrocketing, providing opportunities for loners to receive encouragement,
affirmation, and a sense of belonging otherwise achievableâ (Cortese, 2006, p. 13).
Following the growth of online hate sites, the first significant site called stormfront.org
was created on World Wide Web in April 1995. After that, other extremist rapidly followed by
creating their own hate websites. To statistically illustrate, below are findings of cyberhate
significant number of growth:
The latest annual count by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) found that
the number of hate groups operating in America rose to 888 last year, up
5% from 844 groups in 2006. That capped an increase of 48% since 2000. The end
of 2007 brought to a close another year marked by staggering levels of
racist hate in America. Even as several major hate groups struggled to survive,
other new groups appeared, and the radical right as a whole appeared to
grow. (http://www.splcenter.org).
Adding to that, the unique characteristics of cyberspace and the power of rhetoric has changed
the face of racial cyberhate â more subtle and sophisticated way compared to those of the oldies.
It is seldom âovert and blatant but rather takes the modern form of new or symbolic racism and is
typically enacted in the many forms of subtle and indirect discrimination (in action and
discourse) in everyday situationsâ (Whillock, 1995, p. 5).
Considering how online hate on racism has reformulated in such a way in order to place
young people as target in its system of hate message dissemination, there is a need to call for
awareness to oppose or at least minimizing the harmful effect of racial cyberhate targeting young
people. This paper focuses more on how to address the issue of racial cyberhate targeting young
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people within the framework of its cyber behavior â the empowerment of internet and World
Wide Web to its progression along with the strategies for attention and participation getter and
their implication to young people. Furthermore, this paper also suggests strategies to oppose
racial cyberhate targeting young people.
Racism goes online â the empowerment of internet and World Wide Web
What is racism? Racism is the belief that a particular race is superior or inferior to
another, that a personâs social and moral traits are predetermined by his or her inborn biological
characteristics. According to Zunega & Castaneda in Racism, todayâs racism is not only about
racial figures but also other aspects such as ethnicity, nationality, origin, language, accent,
religion, and cultural customs (2000). Racism has existed throughout human history where
âshared experience molds both culture and individual nature that shapes what we know and
believeâ (Cortese, 2006, p. 25). In other words, racial separatism is the belief, most of the time
based on racism, that different races should remain segregated and apart from one another.
Admittedly, it has been disputable whether racism continues to be restless case in United States.
Some people argue that it has been declined, yet some other agrees that it is still prevalent in
todayâs American society with a different shape. The following illustration may become the sign
that racism is still prevalent in the new millennium:
Racism is thriving in America, affecting residential patterns, educational
achievement, health, and quality of life. The majority of Whites believe
Blacks and Latinos are likely to prefer welfare to hard work and tend to be lazier,
louder, more pushy and prone to violence, less intelligent, and less
patriotic than Whites. Focus group participants criticize and ridicule Blacks, and
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frankly express feelings of disgust toward them, while few
challenge the racist stereotypes uttered by others, most concede group
consensusâ (Cortese, 2006, p. 29).
For years racist and extremist have used various printing forms, starting from books,
pamphlets, posters, newspapers, and magazines to get their message out. They have also tried to
use modern inventions such as movies, radio, television, recorded audio and video tape and even
telephone messages to spread their beliefs. So it is not surprising that they have decided to take
their hate to the internet. What is the impact of internet towards racism? Internet has simply
brought a new dimension in todayâs digital society where the possibilities are endless. With
endless possibility, internet has given a means to limitless and borderless access of
communication and information. The internet lets them reach millions with a click of a mouse.
As result of this, racism in the digital society has transformed its face that fits the setting of
utilizing and implementing technology for its maneuver in the form of cyberhate.
What has made internet so beneficial that racist and white supremacist decide to go
online? There are some values infusing racial cyberhate and its components. First, needless to
say that internet has enabled hate messages to easily be created and disseminated into a larger
continuum where its function will continue significantly as mouthpiece for free expression and
speech, especially for societies where there are no such liberties (Cortese, 2006).
Compared to other countries where freedom of speech is very limited and bordered,
United States is a different case where its democratic government will use many means including
legislation to express a vast range of ideas, opinions, and concepts freely and publicly (Cortese,
2006). Also, the freedom of speech is ensured in the First Amendment of the United States
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Constitution, adopted in 1791, where it is stated that "Congress shall make no law ... abridging
the freedom of speech, or of the press or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to
petition the government for a redress of grievances." (http://www.usconstitution.net). This article
gives a clear vision that speech receives constitutional protection and it is envisioned, defended,
and enacted within this amendment.
Nonetheless, in order to anticipate the arbitrarius implication of freedom in speech, The
United States has set up regulation and laws to anticipate its misuse:
Certain forms of slander are regarded as punishable offenses, as are the spreading
of particular lies and the incitement to murder or to commit violence.
Legal innovation is a means to prohibit hate speech and providing protection
from discrimination. Yet, there is genuine reluctance to set limits on freedom of
speech. In fact, according to the First Amendment of the American Constitution,
lawmakers may not pass any legislation that unnecessarily limits
freedom of speechâ (Cortese, 2006, p. 15)
Although United States there has been regulations and limitations towards forms of
speech where hate speech is highly likely to have legal consequences, there is a rift where hate
speech continues to exist in cyberspace. This rift has been utilized by hatemongers, racist, white
supremacist, and extremist around the globe, perpetuating their existence:
âA number of people with extremist views from other countries exploit these
American freedoms and store their hate sites on computers in the U.S.,
thus avoiding more stringent laws in their home countries. Furthermore, many
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companies that provide internet service in the United States have
little incentive to regulate the speech of their users because the Telecommunications
Act of 1996 specifically states that internet service providers cannot be held
criminally liable for the speech of subscribersâ
(http://www.partnersagainsthate.org/)
Subsequently, the reluctance from the U.S., government to place greater limits on the freedom of
speech and freedom of expression could be one of the reasons why so many racial hate websites
has been created here in United States and actively continue their movement.
Second, it has made it easier to voice one's racist opinions - people have easy access to
racist websites, chat rooms, and blogs. Likewise, artists of all kinds, musicians, painters, and
photographers can also post their racist views presented in their art via the internet very easily.
Who are these racist, extremist, white supremacist, and hate mongers behind racial cyberhate?
There are seven leading mainstreams known as âeliteâ movements in racial cyberhate:
Elite Mainstreams of Racial Cyberhate Who/What/How
Extremist Seeking Credibility (ESC) Legitimate activist who have been unfairly denied
and finally form new mainstream
David Duke â former leader of the Knights of the
Ku Klux Klan (KKK)
Ideology â white supremacy behind misleading
rhetoric of âwhite rightsâ
Articulating a subtle but virulent brand of racism
that exploits race-related issues such as illegal
immigration and affirmative actions
Websites: Council of Conservative Citizens
(www.cofcc.org/); American Renaissance
(www.amren.com/)
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Elite Mainstreams of Racial Cyberhate Who/What/How
Holocaust Deniers Propaganda movement that seeks to deny the
reality of the Holocaust â the systematic mass
murder of 6 million Jews and millions of others by
Nazi regime in Europe during World War II
Misinterpreting their propaganda as âhistorical
revisionismâ â accusation that Jews have falsified
and exaggerated the tragic events of the Holocaust
in order to exploit non-Jewish guilt
Bradley Smith and his committee for open debate
of the Holocaust (Ahmed Rami, Ernst Zundel,
David Irving)
Website: Institute for Historical Review
(www.ihr.org/)
Ku Klux Klan (KKK) Members It has been existing for 130 years
Disseminating information on upcoming rallies,
explanations of customs (e.g. cross burning), and
spurious accounts of Klan history
Websites: The American Knights and the Imperial
Klans of America (http://www.kkkk.net/)
Neo-Nazis Propaganda of anti-Semitic, racist ideas of Adolf
Hitlerâs Nazi party
Focusing more attention to recruit young racist
through the online marketing of white power music
William Pierce & Erich Gliebe (Founder and Co-
Founder of the largest and most active neo-Nazi
organizations in the U.S. today) â Matt Koehl &
Gerhard Lauck (National Socialist Movement)
Websites: The National Alliance
(http://www.natall.com/ ) & The National Socialist
Movement (www.nsm88.org/)
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Elite Mainstreams of Racial Cyberhate Who/What/How
Racist Skinheads Promoting sense of group belonging and
superiority by the white power movement
Devotion to musical groups who record rock music
with hateful lyrics
Effectively combining bigotry â laced hard rock
and the internet as a main propaganda weapon to
attract young recruits
Collaborating with Resistance Records and
Magazine owned by the National Alliance
Websites: Hammerskin Nation
(http://www.hammerskins.net/), displaying Plunder
& Pillage (band), Panzerfaust Records
World Church of the Creator (WCTOTC) One of the fastest-growing hate groups in the US
today
Motto: RaHoWa (Racial Holy War), promoting the
expansion and advancement of White Race
exclusively
Displaying hatred to mainstream Christians,
African Americans and other people of color and
Jews.
Using website extensively, frequently updated and
designed for membership â having extensive
sponsors and online mailing lists, bulletin boards
and chat rooms, pictures, jokes, and free
downloadable racist video games targeting teens
(http://www.wcotc.com/)
(http://www.partnersagainsthate.org/).
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Third, it widens the range of scope with the low cost. The internet has rapidly become the
medium of choice for hate mongers because of its wide access at low cost. Norman Olson,
commander of the Michigan Militia Corps, one of the many extreme right wing groups using the
internet, has said "Thank God for high tech." (http://www.media-awareness.ca). It is through the
internet, hate speech is accessible to millions. What is more, the internet has made hate speech
accessible to those who before never would have come into contact with it. The internet allows
hate mongers to reach into the privacy and isolation of people's homes, to find the vulnerable,
those prone to the message of hate speech, wherever they happen to be. It was relatively difficult,
prior to the internet, for hate mongers to seek these people out. Moreover, internet provides s a
relatively easy access to hate speech to children and even to the suburbs â making it widely
accessible online - in homes, offices, schools, and libraries.
Examining the phenomenon of racial cyberhate, digital technology has contributed
significantly to the architectural setting of online hate on racism. The power of internet and
World Wide Web has given a new dimension of communication, control, and commands to
racial cyberhate. These three entities have been the code for developing any practices they have
in cyberspace. Communication plays an important role for deconstructing hate massage and
recreating rhetoric. Control is given by internet and World Wide Web in terms of their efficacy,
flexibility, and accessibility. Commands is then able to implemented when their hate messages
psychologically have empowered their usersâ mind and thoughts by developing misguided sense
of self worth and belonging.
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According to Brook & Jester, there are important key factors of cyberspace utilization to
enhance hate message online (1) The secure feeling and power given by anonymity, (2) free
means of information exchange, (3) global effect where no one is foreign and no one is domestic,
(4) provide support base for encouragement without having to join any physical group. In the
same way, cyberhate communities discover that the internet and World Wide Web have enabled
them to easily allow (1) hate groups to recruit, network, and plan events effortlessly than before,
(2) more people around the world to join hate groups instantly and faster, (3) hate creators design
a meaningful web page with minimum cost and bring it easily to the viewers
(http://www.bsos.umd.edu)
Young people and racial cyberhate â strategies for attention and participation getter
Todayâs generation perceive the use of digital media such as internet and other digital
technology as inseparable part of their lives. It can be said that young people nowadays cannot
live without technology around them. Whether accessing the internet through a desktop
computer or connecting through short message services (SMS) via mobile phones, digital media
are ubiquitous in many young peopleâs lives. The intensive use of internet and other forms of
digital technology have made young people nowadays having unspeakable dependency towards
the media and internet. Not only would the internet become a media to see and store information
but also a media of socializing and sharing privacy. Based on report by the Pew Internet &
American Life Project in 2007, the significant use of internet and digital media is enhanced into
a level where it becomes a new world for young people to not only search for information but
also sharing, communicating, and socializing:
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Some 93% of teens use the internet, and more of them than ever are treating it as a
venue for social interaction â a place where they can share creations, tell stories,
and interact with others. The Pew Internet & American Life Project has
found that 64% of online teens ages 12-17 have participated in one or more among a
wide range of content-creating activities on the internet, up from 57% of online
teens in a similar survey at the end of 2004
(http://www.pewinternet.org/pdfs/PIP_Teens_Social_Media_Final.pdf)
This interesting phenomenon of digital technology use such as internet has real consequences for
the convergence between race and hate speech. The tricky convergence between race and hate
speech is that the form of hate speech in this digital era has transformed into a more subtle and
sophisticated way. The transformation as such has given the idea for racist, extremist, and hate
mongers to reformulate the rhetoric of hate speech into bigotry where it can be masked into
educational content and have it misinterpreted. What is more, internet will always be the first
place for young people nowadays to look or do research for any information needed in this
digital society. Therefore, hate speech content can be placed and attached into educational
content as an attempt to âmisguideâ any related content in cyberspace, especially about race and
racial history.
In this paper, the discussion about the behavior of racial cyberhate is focused more to its
strategies to attract young people attention and participation. Due to the fact that finding
examples for racial hate website, specifically designed for teenage is limited, references taken as
exemplary case study mostly derived from previous studies conducted on websites that now has
been totally moved and deleted as an attempt to limit its proliferation. However, two cloaked
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websites will be taken as an effective example of prominent cyber behavioral strategy targeting
young people â Martin Luther King Jrâs website and The Insurgent website.
Cloaked Website
The term âcloakâ refers to the art of disguise, masking, and coded for of transferring
message in such a way where it will be considered as somehow decent, common, normal, and
acceptable (http://www.jessiedanielsphd.com/). This strategy can be a great deal of threat when it
comes to misleading young people who happen to have a little awareness about digital literacy.
Unlike those who have been more aware towards the racial cyberhate discourse, strategy, and
tactics, for mostly young people, this awareness has yet taken them into consciousness. The
reason is that this kind of website utilizing the digital illiteracy of young people in selecting and
processing information on the web in an inadvertent mode. Related to this, the possibility of
being misguided and mislead by false information is highly likely to be the case, âeven high
achieving and internet savvy adolescents had difficulty deciphering whether a particular cloaked
website was a trustworthy source of information and survey shows parents worry most about
childrenâs access to internet sex sites and that many parents know little about hate web sitesâ
(Daniels, 2008, p. 140 â 145). Furthermore, what makes youth get involved in racial cyberhates?
Using psychological approach, hate mongers develop discourse that strengthen the sense of self
appreciation and sense of belonging to those of alienated young people who are still struggling to
fit in some place in the society.
Youth, most often young white males, is experiencing cultural alienation or
anomie. There is a real possibility that alienated young white men may direct their
frustration at those perceived to be âothersâ, whether based on race, gender,
sexual orientation, or the combination of one or more of these identities. The
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potential harm in the presence of white supremacy online is that it is easier for
already-alienated young white males to seek out validation for their discontent
(Daniels, 2008, p. 146).
Racial cyberhate behavior
What is so special about this cloaked websites? There are several characteristics that have
been used as the main platform that seem disarming and delusionary. In order to observe more of
these characteristics, there are two active-prominent cloaked websites taken as exemplary study
case: Martin Luther King Jr and The Insurgent. Each of these websites has its own disguised
ingredients but presenting an invidious formula.
Martin Luther King Jr (www.martinlutherking.org)
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Encountering this site for the first time is most probably reached from the search engine
when trying to search the historical information about Martin Luther King. By typing a keyword
âMartin Luther Kingâ with Google, this site appears as number eight from the search list entitled
Martin Luther King Jr â A True Historical Examination (Google, 2008). In the similar fashion,
Yahoo ranks this site in the first place with the same entitlement (Yahoo, 2008). This site has
been created by a white supremacist named Don Black. He utilizes the need of scholarly
historical information about Martin Luther King by locking the site to be properly mannered in
the cyberspace â making it legitimately accessible without even realizing that this site is actually
the white supremacist rhetoric.
The presence of cloaked sites raises important questions about youth and digital
media; one of these questions has to do with whether someone could âstumble
uponâ virulent anti-Semitism or racism online. It is not only possible but also
likely that casual or novice web users could inadvertently come across white
supremacist rhetoric while looking for legitimate civil rights information. The
cloaked site of www.martinlutherking.org is a case in pointâ (Daniels, 2008, p.
140).
The strategy used to put this site easily noticeable without any deep concern is by ending
its suffix in .org and creating entitlement by using the word âA True Historical Examinationâ.
The target of this site is expected to be young people, teenagers, adolescents, and students as the
title of this site portrays â âMartin Luther King Jrâ and âAttention Student: Try Our MLK Pop
Quizâ There are two prominent characteristics from this site â (1) professional â looking graphic
design, and (2) Non-extremist sounding rhetoric. In terms of navigation, this site is none of those
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overtly site that exposes blatant discourse and appearance, rather this uses educational narratives
(Daniels, 2008).
Clicking the links on the right of thee website will give further access to white
supremacist rhetoric and anti-Semitism propaganda. What is more, when clicking the link âtruth
about kingâ, the presented truth about Martin Luther King is actually a reconstructed hate
message towards Martin Luther King himself presented with captured article saying that he is
actually communist:
âWell friends, he is not a legitimate reverend, he is not a bona fide PhD, and his
name isn't really "Martin Luther King, Jr." What's left? Just a sexual degenerate,
an America-hating Communist, and a criminal betrayer of even the interests of his
own peopleâ (http://www.martinlutherking.org/thebeast.html).
Clicking the link of âsuggested booksâ, web users are going to find the book entitled My
Awakening by David Duke. For web users who have been familiarized with racial cyberhate
discourse, propaganda, or strategies, the name David Duke is known as a white supremacist and
an anti-Semitic former Ku Klux Klan leader (http://www.adl.org/). Instead, for teenagers,
adolescents or simply those of web users who are unfamiliar with racial cyberhate behavior will
highly likely to be misguided because of his scholarly-political-impression on the web that
makes him seems legitimate. Adding to that, clicking on the link of âdownload flyers to pass out
at your schoolâ, web users will find it clearer that this site is actually anti-Martin Luther King
because there are three sub links about the flyers that depict Martin Luther King in the opposite
direction â degrading Martin Luther King by using his well-known word, dream. What is more,
exploring through the bottom of the page, web users will find the link of âjoin MLK Discussion
Forumâ and âHosted by Stormfrontâ. For those who have been familiar with storm front
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definitely will identify this site as being sponsored and linked to other related racial cyberhates
such as Stormfront â a white supremacist internet forum. Overall, this cloaked site is an
interesting example of an idyllic-scholarly setting racial cyberhate.
âAlthough these clues may seem fairly obvious to some web users, others can
easily miss them. Thus, unsuspecting visitors to the site who have little web
experience but are aware of how white supremacy works in the U.S., may be very
well be familiar with David Duke, or be suspicious with language referring to
âJews and Civil rightsâ and therefore understand that the site is not actually
intended as a tribute to Dr. King but rather than aims to undermine the civil rights
causeâ (Daniels, 2008, p. 140).
The Insurgent (www.resist.com)
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By typing a keyword âwarâ with Google, this site appears as number ten from the search
list entitled WAR â White Aryan Resistance (Google, 2008). Yet, it is rather hard to find this site
on Yahoo list even though the same keyword âwarâ has been typed to search. This website is
created by Tom Metzger, a former Ku Klux Klan leader, a television repairman by trade and a
one time candidate for Congress - separated from Ku Klux Klan, he shaped his own hate group
called WAR (White Aryan Resistance) (Daniels, 2008).
Unlike Martin Luther Kingâs website, the insurgent website is the clearer example of how
more various youth-related media features, such as newsletter, a cable access television, radio
and broadcast, games, cartoons, arts, music, and jokes, are used as its cloak for attention getter.
Since the unique feature highlighted in this website is games, this paper will focus more of
games behavior in this website. It is rather easy for web user to identify that these games are
racial based upon their overt-representation and depiction, not to mention of the language and
expression â violently racist and homophobic.
As to illustrate, games such as Bin Laden Liquors, Drive by 2, African Detroit Cop,
Watch out behind You Hunter, Border Patrol and Kaboom enable web users to experience
shooting, killing, and exterminating racial objects (www.resist.com). In addition, the games are
available for online play and download. Overall, as ended by suffix .com, this website focuses
more to the use of games as popular culture that happens to be more reachable for young people,
especially boys. Without any evaluation of its statistics, it is rather hard to say whether these
games are effective due to the fact that todayâs youth is highly likely to play more advanced
games such as Grand Theft Auto and Mortal Combat (Daniels, 2008). However, apart from the
effectiveness of these games reaching out the youth, the highlighted point conveyed is that
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games have been utilized to spread hate speech with racial stereotyping and characterizing,
violence, and rough graphic. Therefore, this proves how racial hate speech continues to have
further, smoother, and easier accessibility reaching out the youth.
Lesson Learned â Suggested strategies opposing racial cyberhate
Encountering the virulent impact of racial cyberhate as well as pornography and other
forms of related-violent media and discourse for youth, there are several strategies suggested to
oppose racial cyberhate. The first is legal support by simply approaching those who would
provide a platform for hate mongers and asking them to withdraw the platform such as phone
companies, Internet Service Providers (ISPs).
Secondly, encouragement from community of anti-hate speech in the form of monitoring
group, agencies, and parents can also be used as one of the attempts to oppose racial cyberhate â
one of the examples is intelligent project conducted by Southern Poverty Law Center, an
American non-profit legal organization, internationally known for its tolerance education
programs where its legal victories against white supremacists and its tracking of hate groups
(www.splcenter.org).
Thirdly, is parental supervision by using two ways: (1) simply keeping an eye on what
children do and stopping them from doing anything that would harm themselves, including
connecting through the internet to hate speech sites and (2) harnessing computer filtering and
blocking programs, programs that would block access from home computers to hate sites such as
Net Nanny, SurfWatch, Cyberpatrol and Cybersitter. SurfWatch (www.bsos.umd.edu).
Goldsmith & Wu argued that âinformation filtering is especially crucial to the Net, where it is so
easy to publish, and where the danger of information overload is thus so great (2006, p. 52).
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Another emphasis on how to oppose racial cyberhates is to raise critical awareness
towards sense of self, content and media use and access in order to consciously develop and
identify further the tactics and strategies used by hate mongers.
Youth of color need critical consciousness to go with lived experiences of
everyday racism; and white youth need to begin the lifelong process of unlearning
the epistemology of white supremacy. Bringing these multiple literacies together
â visual and textual literacy, critical media literacy, and a literacy of antiracism
and social justice âwill empower young people not to be seduced by white
supremacy, whether overt or cloaked, whether in online in digital media or
offline, in culture and institution (Daniels, 2008. p. 149).
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