Hate Crimes: The Micro Level Theory Of Resource Theory

After reviewing the required material for this module, there are numerous amount of interesting information about the topic of hate crimes. When viewing the lecture, hate crimes is like a reminder of the Micro level theory of Resource theory. Resource theory, the same as hate crimes brings to mind of power. Power, where a person displays their control over another person, by commanding them to do what is said and done. What also caught my attention were the charts that were in the written lectures. When viewing them, I was wondering why was there a high number of Hate Crime Incidents, and a high number of cases for Religious hate crime in the year 2001. It came to me after realizing that the reasons for the high numbers of incidents and cases
are, because 2001 was the year of the September 11th attacks. That was a very significant year when there was high amount of problems and racial issues for individuals who were not born in the US. It was the Muslims, Arabs, and other individuals who were not American citizens, being racial profiled and stereotyped by negative comments based on the color of their skin, religion, and nationality. The video was very surprising to hear about what happened between Matthew Bushar and Timothy Zall, and how they came together to share their story. It was their history and story of racism, and prejudice that made them create a program called, “Hate to Hope.” A violent and devastating experience that bought them together, in my opinion, to inform others that any negative perspective can create a social change in the person for a better perspective in life.