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HARP-315 |
Title: |
Target for Hate: The Impact of the Zundel and Keegstra Trials on a Jewish-Canadian Audience |
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Canadian Ethnic Studies/Etudes Ethniques au Canada, 1993, 25, 1, 9-24 |
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Year: |
1993 |
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Keywords: |
Canada, discrimination, human rights, non-discrimination, ideology, Jewry, Ontario, civil and political rights, minority rights |
Abstract: |
An examination of the impact on Jewish Canadians of the widely broadcasted trials of two alleged hate propagandists, Ernst Zundel & James Keegstra. Background data on Jews in Toronto, Ontario, were gained from 1981 census data, & 165 questionnaires were administered to determine level of knowledge about the trials, perceived impact of the trials on the Jewish people as a whole, & the sociodemographic characteristics of the sample. It is suggested that the respondents are best described as supporting the egalitarian ideological perspective, rather than the libertarian view. They view propagandizing activities as discrimination, thus violating human rights & requiring corrective measures by the state. Evidence is also found that, when assessing the impact of hate propaganda on a target population, individual rights are inseparable from group rights. It is concluded that this target population experiences degradation & suffering from watching the public. |
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Keywords: Canada, civil and political rights, discrimination, human rights, ideology, Jewry, minority rights, non-discrimination, Ontario