Hate crimes in America are not a new atrocity occurring. As a matter of fact they occur on a daily basis. Los Angeles county district attorney’s office defines hate crime as criminal acts or attempted criminal acts against an individual or group of individuals because of their actual or perceived race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, or disability. Motive is a large part of determining whether or not a crime is hate related. We all have prejudices for and…
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Annotated Bibliography Gerstenfeld, Phyllis B. Hate crimes: Causes, Controls, and Controversies. Edition 3 Los Angeles, CA: SAGE, 2013. Print. Hate crimes: Causes, Controls, and Controversies is a book that provides an approach to the interesting topic of hate crimes. It not only focuses on the development and current research, but many other issues that tie into this topic as well. The history, laws and people who commit hate crimes are amongst the top focuses of this book. This book offers valuable…
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Jazmine Hale Hate crime against sexual orientation has increased 15% in 2015. This has increased in only a year. Several gay victims died of being attacked because of their choice of sexuality. Homosexuals should earn more respect. They should be treated as humans and not animals. Statistical information shows that gays and lesbians are being attacked more than heterosexuals. Since 1991 more than 100,000 hate crimes have been reported to the FBI. Sexual orientation ranks as the third-highest motivator…
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statements about this controversy. They not only are responding to the opinions of others but have opened up and exposed their feelings such as the following statement; “My wife had developed significant anxiety. She feels like at any moment we will be hate crime victims” (Marriage Equality USA 88). Many have shown significant signs of distress, worried about their well-being and their safety. With all the exposure their right of privacy has quickly vanished and their lifestyles were being examined under…
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liberty are very much intertwined in these rights. Public safety basically means the status in a society where events that could possible endanger the safety and security of the “general public” from significant dangers, damage, harm or injury such as crimes, force majeure and man-made disasters are prevented as much as possible. Personal liberty is basically the freedom of an “individual” to live the way he chooses and as he pleases but limited by the laws and the code of conduct of the society (Business…
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hatred for their beliefs. Living in America was becoming difficult for many Muslim Americans because they faced racial attacks, hate crime and racial slurs towards them and their religion, Islam. Such acts were happening in a country that was build upon the rights of freedom of belief and diversity. America: a nation built from the differences of people, cultures, and religions was doing the opposite of what the country was known for. From the beginning of America to present day, diversity has existed…
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actual words that were spoken by real people. This is not fiction it is reality. And the reality about Matthew Shepard’s death is that it was a hate crime, that was a reflection of where he is from and the ideologies and beliefs held by the people who he was surrounded by. The people in his own community did not only adopt these ideologies, those of America reflected them as well. The Laramie project exhibited some of the nasty qualities of our time and of our generation. Some of the themes of the…
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many believe that everyone should be able to express how they identify themselves and love whomever they wish to. Many see the LGBTQ communtiy as not being the social norm, nor the path God has given to them. In 2015, gay marriage was legalized in America, while other nations still found it to be debatable. Although throughout the past decades the gay rights movement has effectively influenced individual rights, employment and discrimination policies,…
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heil!" salutes to provoke reaction. But their violent ideology soon moved beyond the clubs. One early American group was the Chicago Area Skinheads (CASH). In the mid-1980s, CASH members were arrested for intimidation, vandalism and assault. Their crimes included an assault on six Latinas and vandalism at three synagogues and numerous Jewish-owned businesses. CASH founder Clark Martell was arrested for assaulting a young woman who was trying to leave the group, painting a swastika and "Race Traitor"…
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DEFINE the following terms. A minimum one sentence definition in your own words. Do not “copy pasterino”. Reconstruction is the rebuilding of the Southern states after the end of the Civil War. Black Codes were racist laws created by Southern states to take away the rights guaranteed in the Constitution from the American blacks. Jim Crow or Jim Crow laws were the laws that were passed to keep American blacks separated from the whites. Lynching is the practice of illegally killing someone, typically…
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