Hate Speech Stereotypes

Hate speech is defined as expressing hatred toward a particular group on the basis of their religion, race, ethnic origin, etc. As a result, you are spreading propaganda that this group should not be looked at highly by society. The evolution of social media has only made hate speech more viewable to a larger audience. Centuries of hate speech in the nation has contributed to certain groups obtaining reputations or stigmas, some better than others.
For example, from current events one can see the negative perspectives society holds toward certain demographic groups. After the September 11th attacks and the violent global acts committed by ISIS, American society has created a stigma that associated Islam with danger. Donald Trump's travel ban executive order

According to the article, users who labeled white men as racist had their posts deleted because it is considered hate speech. While this reason may be valid, I also believe that it is a way to salvage the reputation of the white man. White men are viewed as valuable and important aspects of American society, this is very clear as this group has received the most political benefits since the early colonial period. Most of the most well known scientists, politicians, lawyers, and physicians were caucasian males. Facebook will be more willing to censor the speech that compromises the idea of the white man being valuable. Facebook is in less of a rush to censor hate against less-regarded groups such as Muslims because it has become more socially acceptable to express unwarranted slurs towards such groups. While I am sure Facebook tries its very best to stop all hate speech, the website’s inability to delete the offensive speech at the same rate as the anti-white speech is very