Hate Crime and Its Past Kristina Kay Gonzales COM/172 February 14‚ 2012 Dave Kubel Hate Crime and Its Past “Federal law defines a hate crime as whenever the victim is attacked on the basis of his or her race‚ ethnicity‚ religion‚ sexual orientation or gender; hate offenses are directed against members of a particular group simply because of their membership in that group” (Levin & McDebitt‚ 1993). Hate
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Hate Speech Should be Seen as a Larger Problem What is Hate Speech? “Hate is speech which attacks a person or group on the basis of attributes such as gender‚ ethnic origin‚ religion‚ race‚ disability‚ or sexual orientation.” People of all different backgrounds‚ races‚ and sexualities have been victims to hate speech‚ but should hate speech be more defined in laws and whether it should be punishable? I believe that people should have the right to their own opinions and be allowed to state them but
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Hate Crimes and the Homosexual Community Dontae Anderson Com/172 Professor Baker October 29th‚ 2012 Abstract In this paper I am talking about Hate crimes against the Lesbian‚ Gay‚ Bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community. I show that though Hate crimes are classified as crimes that are evoked by sexual orientation‚ race‚ identity‚ gender‚ or religion. Hate crimes are more common amongst the gay and transgender men. I show states with highest conviction rate in 2012. I also show the upward
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we experience many emotions‚ love and hate being some of the most intense. Christianity‚ one of the most prevalent religions in our society‚ praises love as one of its virtues. Our society looks at these two terms as having completely opposite meanings due to the way they are used in every day conversations. The popularity of the word love and hate sometimes cloud their true meanings making it hard to truly see their similarities and differences. Love and hate are similar characteristics‚ including
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disturbing image; the unfortunate result of a hate crime. What exactly is a hate crime? The American Psychological Association defines hate crimes as "violent acts against people‚ property‚ or organizations because of the group to which they belong or identify with" (1). The different groups usually involved include homosexuals‚ ethnic groups‚ and religion affiliations. Dr. Jack McDevitt‚ a criminologist at Northeastern University in Boston‚ said hate crimes are forms of messages the offender wants
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Religious diversity has been the cause of war‚ hate‚ and crime all throughout history. Nothing brings people together like sharing mutual passion for what they believe in. Similarly‚ it can tear even the strongest nations apart. At a time when most of us like to believe we are more tolerant than generations before‚ hate crimes and religious related incidents are actually on the rise in many places. This hate is often powered by an ignorance stemming from a stigma attached to different beliefs. The
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party’s hatred of Jews. This attitude towards Jews is known as anti-Semitism. The Nazis wanted to portray the Jews as inhuman‚ inferior beings who were interested primarily in their own economic gain or in communism. All Jews and non-Aryans were excluded from Germany society. These are some examples of the acts of prejudice before the holocaust began. The Nazis introduced anti-Jewish laws‚ which gradually eliminated the rights of Jewish citizens. Jews were regularly persecuted and humiliated. All
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Table 1 Bullet trains in India: pros and cons While the country seemed excited when Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a diamond quadrilateral of bullet trains to connect the four major cities of Mumbai‚ Delhi‚ Kolkata and Chennai in his venture called “Smart cities” project‚ critics have a lot to say. There are reasons to be happy about this project and there are reasons that drive us to ponder if this is the first priority of a nation with majority of its population below poverty line. Let
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Making Hate Speech Illegal What would happen if we were to make hate speech illegal? Hate speech can be defined as “verbal‚ written‚ and symbolic acts that convey a grossly negative view of particular persons or groups based on their gender‚ ethnicity‚ race‚ religion‚ sexual orientation‚ or disability.” ("Glossary." Glossary. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 21 Oct. 2012. .) Would making hate speech illegal disable it’s force or would it affirm its power? In the article‚ Performing Gender Identity Young Men’s
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Student Name Teacher English 10H Period 3 14 December 2012 KKK:Evidence of Fear Behind Hate "We promise to protect the weak‚ the innocent‚ and the defenseless from the indignities‚ wrongs‚ and outrages of the lawless‚the violent‚ and the brutal; to relieve the injured and the oppressed; to succor the suffering and unfortunate‚ and especially the widows and orphans of Confederate soldiers" -Oath of the Ku Klux Klan Since the 1860s‚ white Southerners have always held a higher status than African
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