How Hate Speech Can Make You More Likely To Commit Hate Crimes

Cidette Rice
Mr.Roddy
IHSS
9/10/19
How Hate Speech Can Make You More Likely To Commit Hate Crimes
Have you ever been lost in a book? Read for so long that the words on the page start to blend together, chapters with no start or end and only you, wonderfully lost among the pages? You stay in the shadows of the protagonist, watching them go through the motions of their meticulously written plan, unsure if the magic that protrudes from their hands is yours or theirs. After children read Harry Potter, they have a heightened interest in magic, and have better reactions to words such as ‘witchcraft’ and ‘sorcery’. The more you read sentences with a subject and an emotion relating to that subject, the more likely you are to relate to the sentence. 
Using this statement, one can look at how hearing hate speech can lead to hate crimes or makes you likely to agree with bigoted values. You may not be swayed in the conscious moment, but your subconscious processes that differently. Some scientists have questioned if it links back to an urge to agree with a pack and avoid conflict, or maybe something else entirely. Either way, the plums are in the pudding.
I find this really interesting and I agree with it completely, not only because it’s science, but also because I saw a study 6 months back (from an instagram post that was meant to raise awareness, actually) about the same subject. The bridge in between speech and action is very small and many people walk it back and forth. Just like the boomers say, you can speak anything into reality.

Glenberg, Arthur. “Hearing Hate Speech Primes Your Brain for Hateful Actions.” The Conversation, 30 Jan. 2019, theconversation.com/hearing-hate-speech-primes-your-brain-for-hateful-actions-107336.

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