Hate Crimes: The Insufficiently Recognized Problem
Throughout this country’s history, hate crimes have taken place, either by known groups who hate or, most commonly, individuals inspired by hate. Family members of hate crime perpetrators do not understand and realize its existence or what it does. The crimes committed were at first considered righteous, considering any races other than Anglo-Saxon inferior; justifying these acts of violence in the name of progress and the nation accepted this until recent years. Although the widespread practice of persecuting the “inferior” races is not common, today there are still crimes committed in the name of hate, revenge, and lust. These crimes go against the very thing so many lost their lives fighting for: natural born rights. Hate crimes are serious and well-documented problems but remain inadequately recognized Hate crimes are classified as ethnic intimidation and are defined as any crime against a person including arson, criminal mischief and other property destruction, criminal trespass or harassment by communication or address that is committed with malicious intention toward the race, color, religion, or national origin of another. Hate crimes send a message that certain groups of people are not welcome and unsafe in a part
An example of this is the Hammerfest 2000 concert, which according to The Intelligence Project of the Southern Poverty Law Center “drew fans from Austria, Canada, France, Ireland, the Netherlands and Spain, as well as across from the U.S.” The concert not only allows the hate groups to gather but also the proceeds from the concert finance the hate groups operations themselves. The concert plays white power music aimed at young new recruits. The freedom of speech is allowing hate groups to publish and pass out pamphlets glorifying hate and white power. Unless government outlaws such acts, the hate groups will use and abuse freedom of speech in increasing ways to exploit and gain power. Hate crimes are a daily occurrence; with minimal punishments for theses crimes the perpetuator has no worries for their actions. The nation should make more specific laws that will punish the criminal to the full extent, but not persecute the wrong person. In the words of former Vice President Al Gore: "We must send a clear and strong message to all who would commit crimes of hate: it is wrong, it is illegal, and we will catch you and punish you to the full force of our laws." icular community. Existing state laws to combat gender-based hate crimes are ineffective. The people of today are confusing crimes committed with no real bias against someone with the crimes that are resulting in fewer and sometimes no closure at all for the true victims. Hate groups that promote and influence the future “Hitler’s” run unchained. The freedom of speech is crippling the government’s actions to fight hate crimes, permitting racial slurs in entertainment and allowing the minds of youth to fall victim into believing in a “superior race”. The world’s structure itself han
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