felony chargers. Not only did he get charged with crimes‚ his mom had to pay the victims money for the damage and he got an extra year of probation because it was labeled as a “Hate Motivated Crime”. Hates crimes should be taken more seriously and should have a harsher punishment. If you get a harsher punishment people will think twice about committing hate crimes. Hate crimes should have harsher punishment because it would stop the majority of crimes committed towards a race or religion‚ because
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Thesis Statement Guide What is your thesis statement? ___Hate crimes are fueled by a lack of knowledge towards an individual’s sex‚ race‚ religion‚ sexual orientation‚ or disability I. Introduction II. First main point – What does society’s definition of a hate crime A. Supporting details- The origin of hate crimes in the United States 1. Subdetails- The purveyors instrument when perpetrating hate crimes A. Who commits these acts and why
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not then it may result into fights or anything worst than that‚ could get someone involved illegal crime‚ and creates hate crime. This shows that schools should limit how students express themselves. One reason‚ is it could result into fights or worse than that. My evidence is that “it remains free to express any view about race‚ religion‚ sexuallity‚ disabillity or any other topic”(Do Hate Crime...). This shows that it could be offensive to people what one person is saying. Another piece of evidence
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Summaries Assignment American History X (1998) American History X is a story about two brothers‚ Derek Vinyard (Edward Norton) and Danny Vinyard (Edward Furlong)‚ who struggle to overcome racial barriers when they are faced with the tragic death of their father. Derek‚ becomes a Neo-Nazi enthusiast after his fire fighter father parishes in a fire set by black gang members. In a vulnerable place in his life‚ Derek falls into the hands of Cameron Alexander. Alexander is the leader of a Baptist
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In American History X‚ the key determinant ideal is the "capacity of oneself to change". That is‚ our behavior is a result of environmentally deterministic events‚ and thus we have the ability to change our thoughts‚ our behavior‚ and our life situation. In doing so‚ we hold a virtually limitless power to determine the circumstances surrounding our lives and the consequences of those circumstances. The focus of the story centers around the primary character‚ Derrick‚ as we witness his tremendous
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Crimes committed against an individual that were wholly or in part based on the victim’s race‚ religion‚ ethnicity or sexual orientation are all classified as hate crimes. Targets of these crimes include‚ individuals‚ businesses‚ or even society as a whole.(fbi.gov) “Hate crime legislation at the federal or state level takes on four specific forms: (1) statutes defining hate crimes as substantive offenses‚ (2) sentence enhancement‚ (3) statistics collection‚ and (4) civil remedies.” (” www.ncjrs
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CAT- American History X In this paper‚ I will use CAT (Communication Accommodation Theory) to explain how convergence‚ divergence‚ and intergroup contact are illustrated within the film American History X. Convergence in CAT refers to the accommodativeness‚ the process concerned with how we both reduce and magnify communication differences between people in interaction. Talking about convergence‚ people tend to enhance interpersonal similarities and reduce uncertainties. The effect of converging
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Was killing Billy Jack a hate crime? Explain your conclusion. Can communities or institutions perpetrate the attitude‚ and sometimes the actions‚ exemplified in the hatred as expressed in the above? The “Don’t ask‚ don’t tell” policy for the military has been dismantled. Is this good‚ or should it have stayed in place? Why? What of those States that do not allow marriage or adoption for the gay community. Remember‚ under Federalism‚ the National Government has only powers constitutionally
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are the victims in a hate crime? Victimization does not end with the primary person that was attacked. The Laramie Project demonstrated how the entire community‚ and eventually the nation‚ of a little town in Wyoming was affected by the death of 22 year old Matthew Shepard in October‚ 1998. Secondary victims‚ who do not bear the physical pain‚ but endure the after effects and emotional pain‚ included Matthew’s parents‚ Deputy Sheriff Reggie Fluty (who was called to the crime scene and tended to Matthew)
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NOT-SO-GOLDEN YEARS: WHY HATE CRIME LEGISLATION IS FAILING A VULNERABLE AGING POPULATION. Mich. St. L. Rev. 387. Retrieved from www.lexisnexis.com/hottopics/lnacademic Wang‚ L. (2000). RECOGNIZING OPPORTUNISTIC BIAS CRIMES. 80 B.U.L. Rev. 1399. Retrieved from www.lexisnexis.com/hottopics/lnacademic Taslitz‚ A. E. (2000). HATE CRIMES‚ FREE SPEECH‚ AND THE CONTRACT OF MUTUAL INDIFFERENCE. 80 B.U.L. Rev. 1283. Retrieved from www.lexisnexis.com/hottopics/lnacademic Ginsberg‚ A. (2011). Hate Is Enough HOW NEW
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