The seminar that was led by Leica Books she talked about various topics that are tending but not spoke about. Miss. Books was send from a non-profit organization, “Southern Poverty Law Center” in Montgomery, Alabama. Being that Alabama is a predominantly white state, this organization was founded by two white men which is really good but ironic. In this seminar discussed New Jersey hate groups, Post- election hate and harassment incident and Threats to civil and human right across the nation. Out of these topic the two topics that stood out for me was the depth information in Dylann Roof and the Hate Groups in the United State of America. If I had to tight up this seminar with my Crime and Delinquency class I would say Routine Activities Theory and Labeling theory. These theories are extremely important when talking about
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Brooks elaborated on what she does and what her organization stand for that grabbed my attention. One of the topics that really tied me in was when he talked about Dylan Roof. Mostly every one knows who Dylan Roof is, he was the teenager that killed nice people at the Charleston Church. Many people would say he was a racist and he grew up hating colored people, but Miss. Brooks told us something that left us thinking. Dylan did not grow up in a racist environment nor was he taught to dislike like color people. Miss. Brooks told us that, the reason he did kill a colored church was because of the Trayvon Martin case. In 2012, when Martin was killed by the neighborhood watch George Zimmerman that case exploited all around the nation. Dylann was not familiar with the case so he did his research. By doing all of that research that is what made him do it. The other factor that influenced his to kill those innocent people was the top racist hate website, “Stormfront”. This website is the number one site that is being watched because it had capacities to influence others into joining their
Brooks elaborated on what she does and what her organization stand for that grabbed my attention. One of the topics that really tied me in was when he talked about Dylan Roof. Mostly every one knows who Dylan Roof is, he was the teenager that killed nice people at the Charleston Church. Many people would say he was a racist and he grew up hating colored people, but Miss. Brooks told us something that left us thinking. Dylan did not grow up in a racist environment nor was he taught to dislike like color people. Miss. Brooks told us that, the reason he did kill a colored church was because of the Trayvon Martin case. In 2012, when Martin was killed by the neighborhood watch George Zimmerman that case exploited all around the nation. Dylann was not familiar with the case so he did his research. By doing all of that research that is what made him do it. The other factor that influenced his to kill those innocent people was the top racist hate website, “Stormfront”. This website is the number one site that is being watched because it had capacities to influence others into joining their