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At Duke University, members of the school’s black student organization would regularly meet at the same location. A black doll was found hanging in a tree outside this site.295 The doll had a sign declaring, “Duke hasn’t changed.”296 Campus officials and students were outraged, only to discover the episode was perpetrated by two black students wanting to raise awareness of campus racial issues by making a political statement. During the crime a bench below the tree used was tarred and the students were ordered to pay for its cleaning, only a couple hundred dollars.
The Duke University hoax and many other campus hate crime hoaxes are justified by vipers because of their supposed desire to increase consciousness about race related issues including establishing societal placement. Ironically, however, this is the same argument used by actual hate crime offenders, who are usually white, to justify their actions. Barbara Perry notes that hate crime “offenders become the champions of the[ir] race as they reassert the relative belongingness of whites in contrast to the outsider status of others.”297 As minorities gain ground, whites become the “new minority” and perceive themselves as vulnerable to persons of color; they engage in hate crimes to reaffirm their place.298
At Western Maryland College, a black student found on the dorm’s message board “Die, nigger, die.” The campus installed cameras and determined that it was the student himself who had written the epithet.
295 Anon, “When a Hate Crime Isn’t a Hate Crime: Racial Hoaxes on College Campuses,” Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, Winter, 1998-1999, p. 52.
296 Ibid.
297 Barbara Perry, In the Name of Hate, Understanding Hate Crimes, Routledge, New York, 2001.
298 Ibid.
Object Description
| Title | An argument for the criminal hoax |
| Author | Pellegrini, Laura A. |
| Author email | user1963@yahoo.com; teachpolsci@yahoo.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Political Science |
| School | College of Letters, Arts and Sciences |
| Date defended/completed | 2008-08-20 |
| Date submitted | 2008 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2008-10-13 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Renteln, Alison Dundes |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Wong, Janelle S. Newland, Chester A. |
| Abstract | Hoaxes are part of the fabric of history. While many provide humor and lighthearted joy, the criminal hoax does not. To date, researchers have included aspects of the criminal hoax in larger academic works. This is an original typology that sets forth the criminal hoax as a distinct part of the larger field of law and public policy. This work provides newly created definitions including four distinct categories of hoaxes: the monetary hoax, the attention getter hoax, the hate crime hoax and the racial hoax. It further illustrates these types with actual detailed accounts of hoaxes and provides insights to each one. It makes policy recommendations concerning the four categories of needs: 1. legislative action, 2. a nationwide statistical database of hoax events, 3. media involvement, and 4. law enforcement training and action to deal with criminal hoaxes. Finally, it recommends further research to identify the causes and motivations of vipers. The ultimate goal of this project is to find ways to eliminate criminal hoaxes. |
| Keyword | criminal hoax; hoax categories |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m1659 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Pellegrini, Laura A. |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Filename | etd-Pellegrini-2397 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume26/etd-Pellegrini-2397.pdf |
Description
| Title | Page 104 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 98 At Duke University, members of the school’s black student organization would regularly meet at the same location. A black doll was found hanging in a tree outside this site.295 The doll had a sign declaring, “Duke hasn’t changed.”296 Campus officials and students were outraged, only to discover the episode was perpetrated by two black students wanting to raise awareness of campus racial issues by making a political statement. During the crime a bench below the tree used was tarred and the students were ordered to pay for its cleaning, only a couple hundred dollars. The Duke University hoax and many other campus hate crime hoaxes are justified by vipers because of their supposed desire to increase consciousness about race related issues including establishing societal placement. Ironically, however, this is the same argument used by actual hate crime offenders, who are usually white, to justify their actions. Barbara Perry notes that hate crime “offenders become the champions of the[ir] race as they reassert the relative belongingness of whites in contrast to the outsider status of others.”297 As minorities gain ground, whites become the “new minority” and perceive themselves as vulnerable to persons of color; they engage in hate crimes to reaffirm their place.298 At Western Maryland College, a black student found on the dorm’s message board “Die, nigger, die.” The campus installed cameras and determined that it was the student himself who had written the epithet. 295 Anon, “When a Hate Crime Isn’t a Hate Crime: Racial Hoaxes on College Campuses,” Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, Winter, 1998-1999, p. 52. 296 Ibid. 297 Barbara Perry, In the Name of Hate, Understanding Hate Crimes, Routledge, New York, 2001. 298 Ibid. |
