that this is a hate crime among those 15 counts. why not? because increasingly what we ll finding in the last 20 years of research that we ve done around bullying is increasingly middle school and high school kids are reporting they re being tormented and teased through homophobic epitaphs. so increasingly as kids are going through middle school and high school and coming to college, they re holding kind of homophobic attitudes because this attitude is so prevalent within middle school and high school. to add to that, we re doing very little in our bullying prevention efforts to address that content that is homophobic in nature. we have 67 bullying prevention measures in this country, only five address bullying at sexual orientation. and the bottom line is, we re not having a conversation with these kids and their attitudes stem from society in general, as adults are continuing to have problems with same-sex marriages and other things that were really grappling with at the national l
implemented bullying programs in more than two dozen schools. nice to see both of you. doctor, you re not surprised that this is a hate crime among those 15 counts. why not? because increasingly what we ll finding in the last 20 years of research that we ve done around bullying is increasingly middle school and high school kids are reporting they re being tormented and teased through homophobic epitaphs. so increasingly as kids are going through middle school and high school and coming to college, like freshman at rutgers, they re holding kind of homophobic attitudes because this attitude is so prevalent within middle school and high school. to add to that, we re doing very little in our bullying prevention efforts to address that content that is homophobic in nature. we have 67 bullying prevention measures in this country, only five address bullying at sexual orientation. and the bottom line is, we re not having a conversation with these kids about their homophobic attitudes, and th
about all this is sunny hostin, a legal contributor for in session for trutv. also, dr. dorothy espelage, a professor at the university of illinois, who has implemented bullying prevention programs many more than two dozen schools. nice to see both of you. doctor, you re not surprised that this is a hate crime among those 15 counts. why not? because increasingly what we ll finding in the last 20 years of research that we ve done around bullying is increasingly middle school and high school kids are reporting they re being tormented and teased through homophobic epitaphs. so increasingly as kids are going through middle school and high school and coming to college, they re holding kind of homophobic attitudes because this attitude is so prevalent within middle school and high school. to add to that, we re doing very little in our bullying prevention efforts to address that content that is homophobic
than two dozen schools. nice to see both of you. doctor, you re not surprised that this is a hate crime among those 15 counts. why not? because increasingly what we ll finding in the last 20 years of research that we ve done around bullying is increasingly middle school and high school kids are reporting they re being formented and teased through homophobic epitaphs. so increasingly, they re holding kind of homophobic attitudes because this attitude is so prevalent within middle school and high school. to add to that, we re doing very little in our efforts to address that content that is homophobic in nature. we have 67 bullying prevention measures in this country, only five address this. and the bottom line is, we re not having a conversation with these kids and their attitudes stem from society in general, as adults are continuing to have
time. any rumor being spread or footage being taped can be distributed on a mass level and the reality is that you can t escape from this. this is certainly a problem when in fact you re in middle school and high school and you identify either as lesbian, gay or bisexual, and then to have this type of teasing and haunting thrown at you. let s remember that this isn t just about lesbian and gay youth. being in middle schools and high schools in the united states, where homophobic epitaphs are thrown around and teach es do not stop this name calling creates a hostile environment for any adolescent. sonny, if you had to guess at this stage, do you think he will how do you think he will be sentencened and how much jail time do you think he ll serve? certainly it depends on whether or not he s convicted at