Humboldt University 1

Have you heard about The Geography of Hate project created by Humboldt State University undergraduate students?

They sifted through a year of geocoded conversations from twitter to find hate words used in a negative context (which is important to note, since many people now use these words in a positive or neutral manner). The words were then applied to a color gradient map.

The map shows certain areas I was surprised to find concentrated with hate speech. (Especially in the … Keep Reading!!!