Preventing Preventing Hate Hate

Harassment Harassment BehaviorBehavior

Part 2Part 2Mission Statement:

Students are at the heart of Oak Valley and meeting their

needs is our first priority.

Quick Write Warm UpQuick Write Warm Up

How would you best describe or define hate behavior? And, what are the three different levels that we recognize? (5 min)

What is Hate Behavior?What is Hate Behavior?

The District and State of California define hate-motivated behavior as actions or statements that are hostile or threatening towards another person based on their:

Race, ethnicity, national origin, or immigrant status

Gender or sexual orientation Religious beliefs or cultural characteristics Age, disability or any other physical conditions

What Are the 3 Different What Are the 3 Different Levels of Hate Levels of Hate

Harassment and Harassment and Hate Behavior?Hate Behavior? Level 1: Insensitive or Inappropriate Level 1: Insensitive or Inappropriate

Remarks and Behavior Remarks and Behavior

Level 2: Hate-Motivated Intimidation Level 2: Hate-Motivated Intimidation or Harassment or Harassment

Level 3: Hate ViolenceLevel 3: Hate Violence

Level 1: Insensitive or Level 1: Insensitive or Inappropriate Remarks and Inappropriate Remarks and

BehaviorBehavior These acts do not threaten or are

absent of hostility.

Include demeaning or degrading statements or phrases between student who are not doing it to be harmful or hateful.

Level 2: Hate-Motivated Level 2: Hate-Motivated Intimidation or HarassmentIntimidation or Harassment Actions, remarks or statements that

create a negative or hostile learning environment but do not include physical harm or threat.

Examples are name calling, racial slurs, demeaning jokes, physical or verbal harassment, offensive drawings or words used in graffiti, paintings or on clothing.

Level 3: Hate ViolenceLevel 3: Hate Violence

These include any actions that cause harm , attempting to cause harm or threatening to cause harm based on someone’s characteristics or status.

It also included any threats of hostility that have historical significance such as burning crosses, swastikas, or images that threaten to cause harm.

Racial slurs, name calling, and bigoted epithets along with a threat to cause harm are also considered Hate Violence.

Apply our Apply our knowledgeknowledge

In the next few slides In the next few slides you will be given a set you will be given a set of scenarios and asked of scenarios and asked to identify behaviors to identify behaviors that we would find that we would find

offensive to the Falcon offensive to the Falcon Way. Way.

Scenario AScenario A At break, you and your friends are At break, you and your friends are

talking. You remember a joke that talking. You remember a joke that you heard that makes fun of Asians. you heard that makes fun of Asians. One of your friends happens to be One of your friends happens to be Asian, and laughs along with Asian, and laughs along with everyone else when the joke ends. In everyone else when the joke ends. In fact, he decides to tell a joke about fact, he decides to tell a joke about Asians himself.Asians himself.

In groups of four, practice respectful In groups of four, practice respectful listening and consider whether this listening and consider whether this is considered a Level 1 offense. is considered a Level 1 offense. (Remember not to interrupt the (Remember not to interrupt the speaker.) Each person should be speaker.) Each person should be prepared to explain your thinking. prepared to explain your thinking.

Scenario AScenario A This is considered a This is considered a

Level 1Level 1 offense because offense because the jokes were not the jokes were not meant to be “mean.”meant to be “mean.”

However, they are However, they are considered to be considered to be ““insensitive or insensitive or inappropriate remarksinappropriate remarks” ” because the jokes were because the jokes were verbalized, other verbalized, other people could have people could have heard them, who could heard them, who could be offended.be offended.

Consequences:•Counseling• Detention• Suspension• Police contact

Scenario BScenario B While playing basketball during PE, John calls Danny “gay” While playing basketball during PE, John calls Danny “gay”

because he missed a shot. The game continues, and again because he missed a shot. The game continues, and again Danny misses a shot. This time John calls Danny a “homo.” Danny misses a shot. This time John calls Danny a “homo.” The game wraps up and the students go into the locker The game wraps up and the students go into the locker room to change for their next class. Once again, John sees room to change for their next class. Once again, John sees Danny and calls him “gay” for ruining the basketball game. Danny and calls him “gay” for ruining the basketball game.

At lunch, John is with his friends and they come upon At lunch, John is with his friends and they come upon Danny in the halls. This time, John calls Danny more Danny in the halls. This time, John calls Danny more negative names. John’s friends laugh and Danny moves on negative names. John’s friends laugh and Danny moves on to his next class. The next day, at break, John sees Danny to his next class. The next day, at break, John sees Danny and goes over and calls him a “homo” again.and goes over and calls him a “homo” again. With a partner, practice respectful With a partner, practice respectful listening and consider whether this listening and consider whether this is considered a Level 1 offense. is considered a Level 1 offense. (Remember not to interrupt the (Remember not to interrupt the speaker.) Each person should be speaker.) Each person should be prepared to explain your thinking. prepared to explain your thinking.

Scenario BScenario B This is considered a This is considered a Level 2Level 2

OffenseOffense because John was because John was intending to “hurt” Danny intending to “hurt” Danny by calling him these by calling him these names. names.

These names have no other These names have no other type of impact except that type of impact except that of being negative. Also, of being negative. Also, John did not stop calling John did not stop calling Danny these names and Danny these names and continued to do so continued to do so throughout the day. Thus, throughout the day. Thus, John created an John created an environment that was environment that was hostile for Danny.hostile for Danny.

Consequences:• Suspension• Police contact

Scenario C

While in class, a group of three students were drawing swastikas on their notebooks and they left it for another student to see. The student who saw the drawings reported them to the teacher. The teacher sent the students to the office where all three students emphatically deny being racist in any way; and they say they were just drawing them without thinking.In groups of four, practice In groups of four, practice respectful listening and consider respectful listening and consider whether this is considered a Level whether this is considered a Level 1 offense. (Remember not to 1 offense. (Remember not to interrupt the speaker.) How did interrupt the speaker.) How did you come to this decision? you come to this decision?

Scenario CScenario C A A Level 3 offenseLevel 3 offense is the most serious is the most serious

offense because it not only breaks offense because it not only breaks school/district rules, but it is also school/district rules, but it is also against against the lawthe law. In this offense, actions that . In this offense, actions that actually cause harm, attempt to cause actually cause harm, attempt to cause harm or threaten to cause harm are harm or threaten to cause harm are present. present.

This ‘This ‘hate violencehate violence’ also includes any ’ also includes any threats of hostility that have historical threats of hostility that have historical significance. significance.

Racial slursRacial slurs or name calling along with a or name calling along with a threat to cause harm is considered ‘hate threat to cause harm is considered ‘hate violence.’violence.’

Consequences:• Suspension•Expulsion• Police contact

Thinking Bigger: Thinking Bigger:

Mission Statement:

Students are at the heart of Oak Valley and meeting their needs is our first priority.

What is the purpose of having Hate What is the purpose of having Hate Behavior Laws?Behavior Laws?How does it relate to our school’s How does it relate to our school’s mission statement?mission statement?

Your Your ResponsibilitResponsibilit

y y What do I do if I am or I know someone What do I do if I am or I know someone who is a victim of Hate Motivated Behavior who is a victim of Hate Motivated Behavior

or Hate Harassment?or Hate Harassment?Sometimes we can be tempted to retaliate!!! Sometimes we can be tempted to retaliate!!!

DON’TDON’T

What should you do?What should you do?1. 1. Report it immediately to a teacher, counselor or administrator.

2. Tell your harasser to stop. 3. Keep a written record of each incident (including

names).

Oak Valley PRIDEOak Valley PRIDEIn the words of In the words of

Black-Eyed PeasBlack-Eyed Peas

One Tribe, one time, one One Tribe, one time, one planet, one raceplanet, one race

It's all one blood, don't care It's all one blood, don't care about your faceabout your face

The color of your eye or the The color of your eye or the tone of your skintone of your skin

Don't care where ya areDon't care where ya areDon't care where ya beenDon't care where ya beenCause where we gonna goCause where we gonna go

Is where we wanna beIs where we wanna beThe place where the little The place where the little

language is language is UNITYUNITY

We stand TOGETHER against those who try to DIVIDE us. That’s the Falcon Way.