The Social Psychology Of Hate Behind The Holocaust
February, 10, 2012 Period 6
The Social Psychology of Hate behind the Holocaust
Hate is everywhere. It always has been, from the beginning of time. When the cavemen started forming intense dislikes for one another over the last coconut to present day, when suicide bombers take their own and the lives of innocent people to express their hate. And somewhere in between those two occurrences, are hundreds and thousands of additional incidents that sprung from hate toward a concept, system or person. Prejudice, racism segregation, war, murder, genocide; they all develop from a person’s mind: their thoughts and feelings. One of the most commonly known acts of hate is genocide, the Holocaust, to be specific. The Holocaust was an
The Social Psychology of Hate behind the Holocaust
Hate is everywhere. It always has been, from the beginning of time. When the cavemen started forming intense dislikes for one another over the last coconut to present day, when suicide bombers take their own and the lives of innocent people to express their hate. And somewhere in between those two occurrences, are hundreds and thousands of additional incidents that sprung from hate toward a concept, system or person. Prejudice, racism segregation, war, murder, genocide; they all develop from a person’s mind: their thoughts and feelings. One of the most commonly known acts of hate is genocide, the Holocaust, to be specific. The Holocaust was an