Syrian Refugee ‘Repays’ Korea by Inciting Terrorism…

Incheon District Court on Thursday sentenced a Syrian to three years in jail for violating the anti-terrorism law. The defendant was found guilty of inciting people to join the Islamic State group.

The 33-year-old Syrian, who worked at a junkyard in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, entered Korea 10 years ago and applied for asylum. Although the asylum bid was rejected, the Syrian was granted a humanitarian stay permit and traveled between Korea and Syria.

 

According to the court, the Syrian uploaded videos and posts of IS on social media accounts, as well as a Telegram link that directly connects people to a secret chat room with IS members. The Facebook account of the Syrian had once been disabled due to its terrorism-related content.

The court said the Syrian also had IS member commandments, posters of IS and a list of names of Europeans who joined the group on a phone.

“Korea granted humanitarian benefits to the defendant, but the person repaid by inciting terrorism,” the Incheon Court said.

“If the court does not punish the defendant, it could create an atmosphere to foster terrorists (in the country.) Also, it could be against public sentiment.”

The court, however, acquitted the defendant of the charge of recommending an Iraqi to join a terrorist group due to a lack of evidence.

The defendant understood the court’s ruling but will appeal.

The case marks the first court ruling on violation of the anti-terrorism law since it was enacted in 2016. Under the law, a person who joins a terrorist group or incites people to become members of the group could face up to five years in prison.

 

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Bilbomania – Feel My Desire

Study: White Liberals Rely On Old Stereotypes When Interacting With Black People

http://www.wnpr.org/post/study-white-liberals-rely-old-stereotypes-when-interacting-black-people

A new study from Yale University concludes that white liberals actually make themselves appear less competent when interacting with African Americans.

In the first part of  Self-Presentations in Interracial Settings: The Competence Downshift by White Liberals, researchers analyzed 25 years of speeches delivered by white presidential candidates to predominantly black audiences and predominantly white audiences. The study found that liberal candidates tended to use words that downplayed their language competence.

“For example, using the word ‘good’ instead of the word ‘exquisite.’ If you use the word ‘good’ instead of the word ‘exquisite’ you are going to appear less competent,” explained Cydney Dupree, assistant professor of organizational behavior at Yale School of Management and lead author of the study.

A perfect example of what the study calls “competence downshift” is this transcript of a speech former President Bill Clinton gave to the NAACP in 2015.

One of their representatives, I really respected it because he sort of manned up and told the truth. He said “you gotta understand,” he said “we’re doing this not because we are racist, we’re doing this ’cause those folks don’t vote for us. If they voted for us, we would make it easier for them to vote.” I mean, you gotta like it when a guy’s sticking it to ya if he looks you in the eye and tells you the truth.

The study concluded that in all of the speeches analyzed white liberal candidates engaged in very predictable behavior.

“It was statistically significant,” said Dupree, “across these studies this seems to be a subtle but persistent effect.”

The study also directed white subjects who identified as liberal to write emails or other correspondences to what the subject believed was either a white or black person. Much like the liberal politicians, the tendency for the white liberals in the study was to use words that downplayed their competence when communicating with a black person.

So why are liberals engaging in this competence downshift? Dupree thinks it’s a sympathetic, but ultimately misguided effort to engage with African Americans.

“It appears that white liberals, who tend to be more motivated to get along with racial minorities, and who want to try to forge that connection, unfortunately seem to be relying on stereotypes to do so. And these stereotypes still tend to depict racial minorities as being less competent than whites,” said Dupree.

Dupree says the next step in her research is to figure out how black people perceive this downshift, and whether they change their competence level when interacting with white people.

The study is slated to be published soon in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.