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NAME IT, KNOW IT

WHAT'S A BIAS INCIDENT?

A bias incident is conduct, speech or expression that is motivated by bias or prejudice but doesn't involve a criminal act. Bias incidents may, however, violate campus codes or policies. Check your campus to see what anti-harassment policies exist.

WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?

Hate crimes, if charged and prosecuted, will be dealt with in the court system.

Bias incidents may be handled through campus grievance procedures — or they may occur with no clear path or procedure for recourse.

Because perpetrators frequently aren't identified, both hate crimes and bias incidents often go unpunished.

Both, however, demand unified and unflinching denouncement from students, campus groups, administrators and others.

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