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Media Highlight: Shaheen Shariff Denounces Online Hate Speech Against Mohawks
Published: 3 March 2020
reports the Montreal Gazette. As an expert on cyberbullying and online hate, the Faculty of Education's Shaheen Shariff was asked to comment.聽
Shariff says what鈥檚 happening online is disturbing and dangerous but unfortunately, not surprising.聽鈥淚t鈥檚 become normalized,鈥� said Shariff. 鈥淲ith the rise of populism and political leaders聽using dehumanizing language against minorities, this is par for the course. 鈥� When people go online and use offensive terms, they in effect make it easier for those who post hateful comments to justify violence... .鈥�
