... Mason-Dixon. Even the diversity of the diverse South was in itself, unique. The supplemental reader states, "Those who lived in the South Carolina Lowcountry were different in terms of ethnicity, accent, ideology, occupation, religion, music, and language from the people of the southern Appalachians. (Escott, Goldfield, McMillen, & Hayes-Turner, 1999, p. 1)" It was this diversity that would set South apart; every ... ...

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... on who they are and how they should be treated? The color of blood is the color of life, and red is the color that everyone shares, no matter what ethnicity they belong to. Martin Luther King states, "An unjust law is a code that is out of harmony with the Moral Law." In society, an example of a social unjust that is ... ...

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... States Constitution section 242, which pertains to the Deprivation of Rights Under Color of Law to the point that no one should be deprived by any reason race, color, or ethnicity (www.stopthehate.org/hate_crimes/fedlaws.html). Many states have there own hate crime laws, like Alabama and the majority of the southern states. Colorado and states like California also ... ...

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... the individual. Equality of all persons is the equality that government allows you, the people, under the law. It does not restrict any person on the basis of gender, race, ethnicity, or capabilities. All people are equal under the eyes of the all no matter their race, gender or creed. Thomas Jefferson stated, "All men are created equal." An example of ... ...

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Racism has many shapes and forms in which it is used against people. It can be directed against any race, color or ethnicity. Racism has three levels: individual racism, Institutional or systemic racism, and cultural racism. Racism takes place all around us although we may not notice it sometimes. A lot of the time ... ...

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... Law Enforcement Enhancement Act of 2000 as, "An additional (felony) charge added to a criminal offense against persons (or property) motivated by hate or bias against the victim(s) due to race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, gender, disability, or sexual orientation." But what does this mean? In the 1980's there was no such thing as a hate crime. The government just considered crimes to ... ...

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... differently, these people may get distrusted or disowned. 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 ... ...

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... hate crimes of today had increased from the number of crimes committed by the hate groups of the past. Between 1991 and 1992, hate crimes based on race, national origin, ethnicity, and sexual orientation increased 16.7 percent (Thompson). Statistics taken in 1997 showed that over 8,000 hate crime incidents were reported in the United States, almost one every hour (Thompson). Statistics ... ...

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... children and change our ways, sometime in our future we will be closer to accepting that a man's character is based upon the content of his soul, not his religion, gender, ethnicity, or the color of his skin. ...

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... defendant intentionally selects a victim, or in the case of a property crime, the property that is the object of the crime, because of the actual or perceived race, color, national origin, ethnicity, gender, disability, or sexual orientation". One example of a hate crimes happened in Jasper, Texas on September 15, 1999. Willie Jarrett, who was black, was walking to a local bar. Jarrett and ... ...

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... . People whose race is not of the norm are still being rejected for employment and education, and I don't think that's right at all. We are all the same, regardless of ethnicity, sexuality, and religion. What disappoints me the most is that some adults that I"m supposed to look up to, like parents and teachers, think that the difference in skin color actually ... ...

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