2009年1月8日木曜日

複雑 なヘイトクライム

 ヘイトクライムというある特定の人種を標的、その人種であることが主たる動機となる犯罪については、なんどか、紹介した。
以下は以前も紹介したことがアジア人を標的にした殺人。
Perhaps the most graphic and shocking incident that illustrates this process was the murder of Vincent Chin in 1982. Vincent was beaten to death by two White men (Ronald Ebens and Michael Nitz) who called him a "jap" (even though he was Chinese American) and blamed him and Japanese automakers for the current recession and the fact that they were about to lose their jobs. After a brief scuffle inside a local bar/night club, Vincent tried to run for his life until he was cornered nearby, held down by Nitz while Ebens repeatedly smashed his skull and bludgeoned him to death with a baseball bat.

The equally tragic part of this murder were how Vincent's murderers were handled by the criminal justice system. First, instead of being put on trial for second degree murder (intentionally killing someone but without premeditation), the prosecutor instead negotiated a plea bargain for reduced charges of manslaughter (accidentally killing someone). Second, the judge in the case sentenced each man to only two years probation and a $3,700 fine -- absolutely no jail time at all.

http://www.asian-nation.org/racism.shtml

 80年代に日本車が一人勝ちしていたころ、アメ車の従業員が腹立ちまぎれにアジア人をJapと言って殺した事件。で、これ後日談があって、司法取引で、保護観察probation2年、罰金3700ドルだった、ということで、なんやねん、アジア人が被害者だと殺されてもこれかよ?と文句いわれている。


 まあ、そういうようにヘイトクライムにまつわるものってのは複雑なようで、被害者がいつも、有色人であるとも限らない。例えば、イギリスのケースだと、
Nearly half of all victims of racially motivated murders in the last decade have been white, according to official figures released by the Home Office.
The data, released under Freedom of Information legislation, shows that between 1995 and 2004 there have been 58 murders where the police consider a racial element played a key part. Out of these, 24 have been where the murder victim was white.

The disclosure will add to the intense debate over multiculturalism in British society. The figures also overturn the assumption that almost all racial murders are committed against ethnic minority victims.

Senior police officers have admitted that 'political correctness' and the fear of discussing the issue have meant that race crime against white people goes under-reported. One chief constable has claimed that white, working-class men are more alienated than the Muslim community.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2006/oct/22/ukcrime.race

1995年から2004年の間に58件人種差別を動機とする殺人があったか、24件のケースでは被害者は白人だった、という。詳細はもうすこし複雑なのだが、いずれによせよ、政治的建前(political correctness)があって、白人が被害者の場合は、あまり報道されないのだ、という。


 移民社会というのはこういうように非常に複雑な問題を提起する。

 移民受け入れを全面否定するつもりはない。ただ、移民を受け入れるならこうした問題点もしっかりと見据えておきましょう、ということだ。