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A CSUSB psychology professor shares her 8 easy steps for managing stressMyDomaineNov. 16, 2018 The lifestyle website posted: “Despite its inevitability, stress can be mitigated. We wanted to share long-term solutions for stress relief, so we consulted Kelly Campbell, professor of psychology at California State University, San Bernardino. In addition to her research, she has written about how to achieve happiness and offers other relationship guidance in her Psychology Today column, ‘More Than Chemistry.’” Read the complete article at “A psychologist shares her 8 easy steps for managing stress.”
CSUSB professor says Long Beach graffiti a call to rally white nationalists Long Beach PostNov. 15, 2018 When the words “Its OK 2 B white” were found scrawled across a wall in East Long Beach Tuesday, the city’s police unit that investigates hate crimes took notice. The phrase—while not overtly offensive—is a well-known rallying cry for racist groups, according to experts.“This is the new stealth white nationalism,” said Professor Brian Levin, who runs the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at Cal State San Bernardino. … Levin noted the graffiti also appeared to include a Celtic cross, long used in white-nationalist imagery.“This is their call to the troops,” he said. “It’s unmistakable.” The slogan “It’s OK to be white,” was birthed on the dark corners of the internet and has intruded more and more into the physical world in the past few years, according to Levin. “This is the wedge that is being used by some of the newer groups who are Internet savvy to broaden their recruitment,” Levin said. “But at the end of the day, it’s still the same repackaged white nationalism in a brighter box.” Read the complete article at “‘Its OK 2 B white’ graffiti may be racist, but police say they can’t treat it as a hate crime.”
Rise in hate crimes, the highest in a decade, is cause for concern, CSUSB professor saysThe Wall Street Journal.Nov. 13, 2018 Hate crimes rose 17 percent in 2017, the FBI said Tuesday, a jump that was partly driven by a spike in anti-Semitic incidents. The number of hate-crime incidents targeting Jews increased 37 percent, to 938 in 2017. Anti-Muslim crimes fell by 11 percent in 2017, to 273. Race or ethnic-based hate crimes jumped by 18 percent in 2017 to 4,131. Hate crimes targeting black people increased by 16 percent and were the most for any category of race, ethnic group, religion or sexual orientation. Overall, the Federal Bureau of Investigation recorded 7,175 hate crimes in 2017, compared with 6,121 for the year before. The rise in total hate crimes is the biggest since 2001, when incidents rose to 9,730, a 21 percent increase.“We are definitely at an inflection point,” said Brian Levin, director of the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University, San Bernardino. “We have now risen to the highest level in about a decade. That is a cause for concern.” Mr. Levin said a myriad of factors likely played a role in last year’s increase in hate crimes, including socio-political polarization, a rise in white nationalist activity and the explosion of online hate speech on sites like 4chan and the social-media site Gab. Read the complete article at “Anti-Semitic incidents fuel 17% rise in hate crimes, FBI says.”
Hate crimes have increased since 2016 election, CSUSB professor saysThe Yakima (Wash.) Herald/Seattle TimesNov. 15, 2018Hate crimes increased in Washington by 32 percent in 2017, outstripping a 17 percent national increase in hate-motivated crimes documented in data released Tuesday by the FBI.The rising numbers of hate crimes is something that has been evident since the 2016 presidential election said, Brian Levin, director for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University, San Bernardino. Since the university began tracking hate crime numbers in 1992, 2017 is the third largest increase.Read the complete article at “Hate crimes skyrocket across the nation, up nearly a third in Washington.”
CSUSB professor interviewed about FBI’s latest hate crime reportTeen VogueNov. 14, 2018Reports of hate crimes in the United States increased by 17% in Donald Trump’s first year of presidency, compared with the previous year, according to the FBI.The law enforcement agency released its annual Hate Crime Statistics report on Tuesday, November 13, showing a jump in reported hate crimes to 7,175 in 2017, up from 6,121 in 2016, with increases in crimes against Black people, LGBTQ people, Jewish people, and more. While Brian Levin, director of the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University, San Bernardino, told BuzzFeed that it’s difficult to make a clear-cut correlation between Trump’s speech and the increase in hate crimes, he did say, “The bully pulpit is important, and there are people who respond to negative stereotypes that are promoted in the ether of society.”Read the complete article at “Reported hate crimes rose 17% during Donald Trump's first year in office, according to the FBI.”
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