3.2 TOPICAL QUIZ

Topical Quiz

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TOPICAL QUIZ

Solve this quiz that asks six questions linked to violent current events, reflecting on which answer is the most accurate. You can play it cooperatively with the entire class, or form teams that compete against each other to see who gets the question right first. With the second option, the group with the most correct answers at the end of the game will win.

It should be interpreted as a potential hate crime in which a person is attacked for belonging to a certain social group (due to their origin, gender, race or religion).

It is a racist response, but it happened because of the player's cocky attitudes. You can’t provoke people and then say that they are attacking you because of your personal characteristics.

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It is a case of racism in football.

Although it is serious, it is an isolated case and has to be put in the context of the game.

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How would you describe the Vinicius story?

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The Vinicius case is a potential hate crime and was thus reported by La Liga. Racist-based insults are so frequent in our society that we have got used to them and, sometimes, we don’t perceive them or give them importance. The fact that they occur in the context of games and entertainment makes them especially dangerous because they become associated with fun and are camouflaged as jokes. Racist insults are a manifestation of violence, a violation of fundamental rights, and they can’t be justified by how the person who receives them behaves.

- It should be interpreted as a potential hate crime -

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Question 1 of 6

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Hate is a feeling that may or may not manifest itself. If you do it, it can cause misunderstandings, which will not be considered a crime if there is no physical aggression by one of the parties. Someone cannot be punished for the mere fact of hating.

It is an expression that is used to define reprehensible attitudes towards certain groups, including insults. Although these attitudes are considered to be serious offences by law, there are never any punitive consequences beyond a caution/warning.

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It is an expression that groups together several crimes classified in the Spanish Criminal Code and that can lead to prison sentences for adults and other types of legal penalties for minors or their families.

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What is a hate crime?

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Although hate is a feeling, there is also the legal concept of a "hate crime" which refers to crimes committed against people or property based on prejudices towards a group or certain people for belonging to a social group (it may have to do with age, religion, origin, sexual orientation etc.). People accused of hate crimes can be taken to court and, if found guilty, punished.

- It is an expression that groups together several crimes classified in the Spanish Criminal Code -

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If no charges have been pressed, the police cannot initiate an investigation: it would be difficult to determine whether everything that appears on social media is real or not.

Investigating without charges being pressed is a violation of the right to privacy of both the person who recorded the video and the people who appear in it.

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It is a necessary way of protecting the rights of people who, due to fear, lack of awareness, threats or other reasons, cannot press charges.

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What do you think about the police being able to investigate ex officio (without the victim first pressing charges) something they have seen in videos on social media? For example, a transphobic attack recorded on the metro.

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An ex officio investigation is carried out by the police when they become aware of a criminal offence (without anyone having pressed charges) and they decide to initiate an investigation. For example, this is done following videos or comments that appear on social media. First, they begin by analysing the information to ensure that it is not a fabrication and there really is a crime. Many very serious crimes (such as child pornography) are discovered through police investigations without charges first being pressed.

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A rap group from the 90s from Minnesota (United States). Their lyrics address social issues and the fight against racial discrimination.

A civil rights association founded in 1960 in the United States by Martin Luther King.

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A social movement that emerged in the United States in 2013 to raise awareness about the racist violence carried out today against black people in the United States.

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What is "Black Lives Matter" (BLM)?

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The Black Lives Matter movement was born in 2013 when a court acquitted the neighbourhood watchman who shot and killed Trayvon Martin, 17 years old, who was unarmed. Many people considered both the crime and the sentence to be racist, and that this racism contributes to black people in the United States suffering a greater risk of violence, as well as other violations of rights.

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It is a way of talking in the media to refer to murders that are committed in wars. It is obvious that in wars there are "crimes", because the aim is to defeat the enemy by any means possible.

They refer to the terrorist acts of rebel armed groups and mercenaries. The armies of countries do not commit war crimes because they are soldiers and their profession is fighting.

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They are violations of International Humanitarian Law that sometimes occur in conflicts. They can be committed by any side and are tried by an international court in the Netherlands.

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In the news, when armed conflicts are reported, they sometimes talk about "war crimes". What does this refer to?

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Wars also have rules, which are set out in different international laws, including the Geneva Convention. The mistreatment of prisoners, genocide, taking and executing hostages, looting, unjustified devastation, rape, torture, attacks on hospitals and schools, and the use of chemical weapons etc. are considered to be war crimes.

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Social media is the best place to find independent, up-to-date and complete information on highly controversial issues, such as wars and violent acts.

We cannot trust anything at all that is said on social media: everything is a lie.

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Social media can help us know what topics are current, but many people give their opinions without knowing enough or with bad intentions, and not everything that is said on social media is true.

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How does social media usually treat the news about violence that we have seen in the previous examples?

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Social media has played a positive role in mobilising society around important social causes. However, social media allows some people to manipulate information by posting hoaxes and fake news. Social media can also be an environment of violence and contribute to hate crimes. To protect our right to information, it is important to verify the news that appears on social media, learn to recognise reliable sources and distrust highly polarised messages.

- Social media can help us know what topics are current -

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Congratulations! You have finished the quiz!

Well done :)

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