What is a hate crime? Give examples and discuss relevant current events in your community that might be labeled hate crime
What will be an ideal response?
Answer should contain these potential items:
Crimes committed against an individual because of his/her actual or perceived race, religion, ethnicity, gender, and/or sexual orientation.
Threats of violence.
Violent or property crimes.
Cause physical and/or emotional trauma.
Make others who share the same characteristic(s) of a victim feel vulnerable.
Examples: Roman persecution of Christians, Nazi pogroms, genocide, lynching of African Americans, cross burning, painting of swastikas, assaults on the GLBT Population, etc.
Recent hate crimes in the news: Stabbing of a Muslim man while saying "Muslims are the root of problems;" Attacks against the homeless population are being treated as hate crimes in some states; Bullying peers due to perceived homosexuality, resulting in the victim committing suicide
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