Prejudice can be defined as thinking that a race is better than any other race. Many people think “ O I love black people, I’m not racist or prejudice.” But according to fact, just about every American is prejudice in some form or another. Prejudice is not just thinking that a certain race is better than another race or making racial slurs. Prejudice can also be classified as not accepting someone because of a handicap, obesity, the way they dress, or because of a person’s gender. People are even prejudice on the subject of religion. People are being persecuted for their religious beliefs in a country that prides itself on allowing its people to make their own decisions as to what faith they want to practice and how and where they want to practice that faith.

While there have been numerous other offenses towards not only black people. But gays and religious groups. Based on statistics it seems as though the main target of hate crimes and racism is African Americans. No one can explain the basis to this for sure, but either way this is a very important thing that our government needs to control.

To this day, there is still much hatred between blacks and whites despite emancipation, desegregation, and integration. Some would even argue that blacks are still kind of held back, and still in the ropes of anti-freedom. Federal law defines a hate crime as whenever a 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 4). Hate crimes today are becoming out of control. There are over a hundred hate related homicides committed every year, and the laws don’t seem to be doing anything about it as the numbers just keep on growing. For ex

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