Forming cliques and groups with friends is normal, say child psychologists Adele Brodkin from Florham Park, New Jersey, and Phyllis Cohen from New York City. But, acts of violence like the shootings at Columbine and Santana high schools are not normal or common. We asked our experts for advice. There may be some kids who feel very different from everybody else and who use hate speech. They scapegoat people, they bully people, are racist, or categorize a whole group of people in a very prejudiced way.
Hate speech is very dangerous and is different from just cursing someone out and getting angry.
Hate speech is racist, prejudiced speech that denigrates a whole group of people, not just an individual. Hate speech demeans the group, proposes violence toward it, or extermination or elimination of that group. Hate can be expressed violently or by means of discrimination, such as suggesting throwing a group of people out of a neighborhood. Hate speech is a legal term. It is against the law.