Hate crimes are

a. offenses committed against a person, property, or society that is motivated by an offender's bias against an individual's or group's race, religion, ethnic/national origin, gender, or sexual orientation.
b. not actually crimes because people can't help their prejudices.
c. justifiable under the First Amendment (freedom of expression).
d. Both b and c


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