September 5, 2018
POLI 361:
Race, Ethnicity, Media, and Violence
Not
"International Violence and its Control"
A clarification
Today:
An introduction to the course
Just sit and listen
No need to take notes (except in a minute)
Why study ethnicity, violence and the media?
Now take notes:
As I walk through this story:
- Write down what questions/thoughts about the role of media come to mind
Anti-Immigration Violence
in Germany
Situation in Chemnitz
AfD Politicians
“When a homicide like this occurs, it’s normal that people flip out. Self-defense is certainly not vigilante justice.”
- Alexander Gauland, Leader of AfD
"If the state is no longer to protect citizens then people take to the streets and protect themselves. It's as simple as that! … Today it's a citizen's duty to stop the lethal 'knife migration'! … It could have targeted your father, son or brother! When such an act of murder happens, it is normal for people to unleash themselves"
- AfD MP