What is racism? The belief that humanity is divided into stratified genetically different socks called races; according to its adherent’s racial differences. Racism isn’t limited to just different races. Many races often experience racial tension within their own race. It is not enough for other people outside of a race or culture to have ill feelings, but when you have to defend yourself from people of your own race because you are not tall enough, dark enough, light enough

The group of people with the third highest rate of hate crimes against them is somewhat new to the prejudice scene in comparison to blacks and Jews. Homosexuals have not experienced slavery or mass genocide; however, they are still one of the most targeted groups that fall under hate crime laws. Homosexuals are often referred to as the “invisible minority” because of their ability to blend. There are some exceptions, as seen with the classic “flamer.” A “flamer” is a person who is positively bursting with gay pride, they go to the marches, they are not afraid of public displays of affection. The first symbol you see when you think “flamer” is the stereotypical gay male with make-up and nail polish, wearing outlandish and far too feminine clothes for his own good. Even people who are gay find flamers to be offensive. This negative view of homosexuals sets up a social stigma. This is just another example of the ignorance that people possess about people that can cause so much animosity.

What is a hate crime? A hate crime is an act in which individuals are victimized because of their “race, religion, sexual orientation or ethnicity.” However, a hate crime is not really about hate, but it’s about biases or prejudices; essentially hate crime refers to criminal conduct motivated by prejudice. The ignorance that some people have is a main source of ‘hate’ that they have for a particular group of people. If people took the time to learn about people that are different from them then maybe they would learn to respect a person’s individual differences and not hate them because of it. A hate crime does not necessarily have to be a physical or violent act; words and threats can be just as damaging on an emotional level as a physical blow is to the head. Laws have been passed to prevent these actions; however, every year there are different hate crimes that committed against different groups running into the thousands… and those are just the reported ones. “Racial prejudice motivated more than half the 7,876 hate crimes committed in 1999 that were reported to the FBI.”

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