Question

Francis and his friends have social media profiles that don't identify them personally, but they follow each other's accounts. A new student from a different country recently joined their grade. One of Francis's friends posted a photo of a group of monkeys eating bananas and wrote: "It's gross how the foreign students always bring smelly lunches to school. They're like animals and should be put in cages." Is this an example of hate speech?
a.Yes. The comment was demeaning toward an entire group of people.

b. No. It was a mean comment but not serious enough to be considered hate speech.

c.No. It was only one comment that was meant to be funny.

Answer 1

Answer:

a

Explanation:

hate speech is speech that is hateful towards a group of people, not just one particular person. in this case, francis's friend was targeting foreign children.

if the caption stopped at the smelly lunches, it'd just be a mean comment, but saying that all foreigners should be put in cages is hate speech.