Now in a Vladivostok jail, Captain Pasko is chronicling life inside the country's overcrowded and disease-infested prisons. The IU professor uses the tragic shootings in and around Chicago as the backdrop for a discussion on the relationship between hate speech and free speech. In short, hate speech is about intimidation, not about conversation. It is about asserting one's own version of the truth while disabling opponents from disputing it. But if hate-speakers do not listen to opponents' points of view, they undermine the moral basis for the very right they claim.
Free speech can contribute to democratic development, but it can also undermine it.
This summer, the busiest season for movies, there are no Hispanic actors in movies or television and no Latino-themed shows. No one will ever forget the fall season of 1999. If I was one of the executives in charge of TV in the U.S.A., I would feel embarrassed, and I would feel like I was out of touch. Minority groups are protesting the lack of diversity on the screen. Others advocate more action.