social network theory

May 27, 2020 saw the fatal shooting of Tony McDade, a Black transgender man. McDade is one of many lives underlying the Black Lives Matter movement which, in 2020, became the largest movement in United States’ history. Although the Black Lives Matter movement has successfully br…

This dissertation is an explorative study that utilized Social Network theory (SNT) that examined interracial demographic relationships and community characteristics that affect bias or hate crimes in Los Angeles County. In evaluating the relationships among racial groups of Whi…