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Topic: Psychological support for the impact of hate crimes
Time: 22/03/2021
Participant: Chinese
Session Notes.
The Chinese Community Health and Wellbeing Services (CCHWS)
Phone NO. 07464890902
Case.
Perceived factors that influence us to seek help, no one cares, won't be taken seriously, useless, shame, language barrier, maybe I will be retaliated, don't believe what I say.
Reflections.
1. 1918 Spanish virus pandemic Spanish Flu is still used today, why "Chinese virus" can bring such harm?
2. in China, Wuhan people were also once discriminated against
3. overseas Chinese were also discriminated against by some mainland Chinese
So essentially, it's a distortion of perception caused by the ignorance and powerlessness of people before a disaster. In March 2020, Trump tweeted about the "China virus" as part of a weak response to the epidemic and was seeking the "China virus" has a place to convey discriminatory bias, as it coincides with the psychology of finding an outlet to attribute the current difficulties.
Hate crime mentality.
Hate crime perpetrators, unprocessed emotions, and distorted perceptions.
Situation:
1. fear of the new coronavirus
2. unpleasant things in life during the epidemic, such as unemployment, loneliness, etc., friends and relatives infected with the virus and even passed away, unable to balance their emotions.
3. a negative experience, antisocial personality, or criminal past
4. extreme right-wing elements, to a certain extent using hate emotions for political purposes
Emotions.
1. unable to calm their fear, anger, hatred normally
2. venting grievances through negative attributions
Cognitive.
Discriminatory bias against the group in question exaggerated threat theories and conspiracy theories.
Behavior.
Extreme and destructive behavior, insulting language, and violent behavior
Four elements that determine mental states: emotional, cognitive, behavioral, and physical responses.
Psychological aspects of hate crimes.
Prejudice and discrimination are distorted perceptions - trigger hateful emotions - motivate criminal behavior.
Not because of the color of the race, but because of the association of some sensitive "factors" with race.
There are historical reasons for the discrimination and prejudice against the Chinese, but there are also new situations that affect them. The connotation of prejudice and discrimination varies from time to time, and there are specific contexts behind them.
1. September 2004, the burning of a Chinese shoe manufacturer's warehouse in Spain, the shoe trade competition related to the incident.
2. in March 2021, several Chinese-owned enterprises in Yangon, Burma were hit by a serious anti-Chinese march, Burmese interpretations of the power game in their coup were related to the perception that China supported their military government, etc.
3. Hate crimes in the UK since the epidemic are mainly related to the epidemic
Fear underneath the hatred.
1. Fear of the other (inter & intro-group theory) instinctive rejection of the "other".
2. Fear of ourselves & projection of our own unbearable emotions onto others, fear of our incompetence.
3. Lack of self-compassion, inability to accept the whole, imperfect self, lack of self-treatment.
Psychological effects of hate crimes.
1. PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder)
2. Fear & phobia, such as social withdrawal, social phobia
3. Existential crisis
4. Self ID difficulty
5. Victims may develop hate feelings and eventually become perpetrators
Characteristics of hate crimes, coping strategies.
1. Hate crimes and terrorist crimes are intertwined, but not equivalent or mutually subordinate.
2. Terrorist or other crimes use hate crimes as a front or excuse to hide their more nefarious purposes
3. Hate crimes can escalate into terrorist crimes, and terrorist crimes can escalate into extreme hate crimes
Hate crimes are targeted, random, more emotional, more provocative, and perpetrators are younger and predominantly white. Generally, attack people, they consider vulnerable, people who are easily intimidated to win, and how the victim reacts to the interaction can produce different results.
Hate crime motivations.
Emotions and thinking beliefs, attitudes, phenomenon attribution, values, ideology, etc.
Discriminatory bias in thinking attitudes
Hate sentiment fuels it.
Interaction between the two induces hate crime behavior.
Iconic hate crime events.
1. March 2020, Singaporean student assaulted in Oxford Street, London
2. February 2021, a Chinese lecturer at the University of Southampton assaulted by multiple people, March, nearly 300 people from all walks of life, mainly Chinese, including the police, attended an online solidarity meeting
Definition of Hate Crime: A crime that is suspected of being motivated by prejudice, discrimination, and hatred against a direct or potential victim based on their factual, or perceived, race, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, transgender identity, and physical disability. Definition endorsed by the Metropolitan Police and Crown Prosecution Service of London.
Personal Case Sharing.
Name: Viny poon
I encountered a hate crime on the bus, one of your young people said that the New Hall virus is brought by you, chose to call the police, the police came that night, at that time is to not respond to correspond.
Analysis: the perpetrator is emotional, shouting at each other, because they also respond confrontation, resulting in a fight to fight.