Hate Crimes: A Country Divided
“I have a dream that one day my children will live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character”. In the midst of racial turmoil, these powerful words were heard by millions. Dr Martin Luther King Jr spent his entire adult life fighting for justice, peace, and equality, and it seems we have not come a long way. Despite being in a new century, hate crimes amongst African Americans have not changed much. Church vandalism and bombings still occur, as well as burning crosses on home lawns and even murder. One of the most heart-wrenching one in recent years, took place in Jasper, Texas. The year, 1998. The victim, a black man. In June of 1998, a black man named James Byrd Jr., who walked with a limp was offered a ride by three white males. Instead of giving him a ride, they beat him maliciously until he died. After they were done, they dragged his lifeless body behind their truck until his body was partially dismembered. Criminalogist , Dr. Jack McDevitt says that “Hate crimes are message crimes. They are different from other crimes in that the offender is sending a message to members of a certain group that they are unwelcome”. No message has been mo
Spoken by the late National Alliance leader. William Pierce, has spent a large majority of his life spreading his hate by any means possible. Seeing as how the internet is the main recruiting source for most hate groups, Pierce has released a video game. The game, Ethnic Cleansing, is best described as follows: With that said, many others felt the need to exercise their first amendment to the fullest extent with comments like,“ ...We need more hate to show the world that white is the only way. black people are trying to take over the united states”. What kind of ignorant jibberish is that? How can someone just hate another human being so much so, that they would want to kill them-just because of who they believe in or what color they are? Why?! In Florida, a Jewish woman who was in a chat room, was told by another internet user, “you belong in a gas chamber” and “your people are the product of Satan having sex with Eve”. And in Louisiana, and email addressed to “motherf----in’ Jewish Niggers” read that “the day will come (and trust me, it will be sooner that you think) when we will kill each and every one of you bitches for causing the downfall of America”. But for David and Bryan Freeman, it was the acceptance that brought them in. In February of ‘95, these two boys, ages 15 and 17, took it upon themselves to annihilate their entire family with the help of their cousin Ben Birdwell. They slit their father’s throat, stabbed their mother numerous times, and beat their 11-year-old brother to death with a metal baseball bat all in the name of the Aryan Nation. ...Freedom of Speech, I'm still conflicted. What is FoS if not absolute? The more things excluded from that which is protected, only serve to devalue the whole.
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Henderson Matthew,
Bryan Freeman’s,
Speech I'm,
Why Jew,
Ethnic Cleansing,
Aryan Nation,
Resistance Records,
Jewish Niggers”,
Byrd Jr,
William Pierce,
hate born,
hate crimes,
william pierce,
jew affect,
matthew shepard,
hate sites,
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