Why We Hate

2019
3.7
3 reviews
TV-14
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Why We Hate - Season 1 episodes (7)

1 Origins
10/13/19
Why do we hate? Humans are capable of love and cooperation --so why do we treat each other with cruelty and violence? Evolutionary anthropologist Brian Hare searches for the origins of hate in our distant past, and in our contemporary environment.
2 Tribalism
10/20/19
Why do we divide the world into 'us' and 'them'? Cognitive scientist Laurie Santos examines tribalism, asking why love for our group can make us hate other groups --in politics, sports, even warfare --and how tribal thinking shapes our perceptions.
3 Tools & Tactics
10/27/19
If we all have the capacity to hate, what does it take to awaken our worst tendencies? Journalist and author Jelani Cobb investigates how "hate tools" like propaganda, dehumanization, the internet, symbols, and more can incite, amplify and spread hatred.
4 Extremism
10/27/19
What drives us to embrace hateful ideas? Extremism expert Sasha Havlicek explores the complicated factors that draw people toward ideologies that fuel hate and violence from white nationalism to Islamic terrorism or toward deradicalization.
5 Crimes Against Humanity
11/3/19
What makes us take part in the worst extremes --genocide and crimes against humanity? International criminal lawyer Patricia Viseur Sellers investigates the role of perpetrators, from leaders to followers, as well as those who resist the power of hate.
6 Hope
11/3/19
How can we resist succumbing to our worst impulses and awaken the our angels? Neuroscientist Emile Bruneau explores how we can use our capacity for critical thinking, our brain plasticity, and strategies like education and cooperation to help combat hate.
101 Why We Hate: The Reckoning
6/21/20
Special 2-Hour event hosted by Tamron Hall featuring the "Why We Hate" documentary and a roundtable conversation about the documentary and the ongoing events surrounding George Floyd's death.

About this show

Executive produced by filmmaking heavyweights Alex Gibney and Steven Spielberg and directed by Geeta Gandbhir and Sam Pollard, “Why We Hate” explores one of humanity’s most primal and destructive emotions – hate.  At the heart of this timely series is the notion that if people begin to understand their own minds, they can find ways to work against hate and keep it from spreading.

Ratings and reviews

3.7
3 reviews
Sean Toner
November 18, 2019
I agree that giving a 1 star rating based on one episode is hardly fair and perhaps highlights just how important the topic of this series is. So far, the series has touched on not just white supremacy, but also the genocide in Rwanda and the Buddhist led genocide in Myanmar (by the way, I'm Buddhist). Watching the series is difficult because of how important the topic is today. While some parts of the series try to give examples of "turnarounds", such as a former neo-Nazi being given a break by a Jewish owner, or the grand daughter of the founder of the Westboro Church realizing the hate she was espousing, I think unfortunately, that the very people who need to watch these episodes either will not, or will think the matter doesn't apply to them, only "the other". I have always been fascinated by how civilized and caring people can turn on their neighbors so easily, as evidenced by Weimar Germany, or Yugoslavia in the 90s. One of the more important themes in the series is that all people can be swept up by hate, not just extreme ideologues. All in all, very much worth watching and contemplating.
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Christopher L
October 25, 2019
This is the most racist drivel I've ever seen/heard. It only shows violent white people. Until they highlight the violent gun crime in Chicago, I can't and won't take it seriously.
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馬文傑
November 11, 2019
Those who give one star ratings without having watched the series while parroting Trumpist drivel are an awful lot of the problem. Well worth the time.
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