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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Boundary less World – A Threat The world today is divided into 243 countries and each country has a unique identity of its own depicting its own culture‚ heritage‚ and traditions. Often people say idealistic things like “we created the borders and not God”‚ but the fact is‚ it is these borders which have helped us to live and breed in peace and harmony. If we turn back and look at the earlier times‚ what existed before was almost a boundary less world with Britain‚ Russia and USA controlling most
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Hate Crimes Meshanda Rolland-Avera COM/172 March 21‚ 2012 Ms. Valery Reed Hate Crimes Hate crimes are many different criminal acts such as vandalism‚ arson‚ assault‚ and even murder. Many hate crimes are based on an individual’s race‚ gender‚ religion‚ age‚ sexual orientation‚ ethnicity‚ and disabilities. Everyone can be potential victims of hate crimes. Anyone from any social class can be considered targets for hate crimes. If you or a group believes in a different religion or speaks a different
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Hate Crimes Harboring hatred for someone or something may not be illegal‚ however‚ committing a crime due to this bias is. Hate crimes are regular crimes committed where the motive is discrimination. Throughout history there have been many criminal acts which today would be classified as a hate crime. People have been victimized by hate crimes for a variety of reasons‚ such as religion‚ race‚ sexual preference or gender. Religious hate crimes date back to ancient times. A fire that burned through
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The first law against hate crimes was passed in 1968 as a civil rights act; the law was aimed at protecting people against any attacks based on race‚ religion or origin. A crime motivated by gender‚ disability and sexual preference could not be prosecuted as a hate crime until 2009.The FBI says that a hate crime can target either a person or property and can be motivated in whole or in part by biases‚ meaning offenders can have other motives besides hate. To track attacks such as these‚ the FBI
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In 2017 you’ll think we will stop seeing racial slurs and hate crimes because we are overcoming it with intelligence and common sense‚ well no; There have always been hate crimes‚ but ever since Donald Trump was elected candidate for the presidency there’s been much more discriminating and racism than ever‚ and why is this important? Because who wants to live in a country full of hate‚ anyways reports don’t lie. For example‚ more Anti-Semitic incidents‚ they increased 86% in the first quarter of
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and white person‚ they are most likely going to experience racism or hate at one point in their life for being “different”. Even worse‚ the group of people that they classify with is going to experience a hate crime that is directed towards them. A hate crime is motivated by race‚ sexuality‚ and other prejudice that involves violence. It is meant to target the victim’s entire group and intimidate them. With all the hate crimes still being committed‚ there should be more laws for them because it protects
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Affirmative Action and Hate Crimes In a country the size of the United States‚ different races and different views on the equality of each race exist. Affirmative Action was a put in place by the Federal Government to help conserve the protection of rights towards minorities‚ whether it be determined by race or sex‚ during the time after the civil war when they people were still being discriminated upon based on these two aspects. Affirmative Action created a situation that allowed minorities
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Samantha Fox English 010 Rhetorical Analysis There comes a time in everyones life when they come to hate or sometimes even learn to hate a particular person or thing. Whether it be that boy or girl in high school that was better in sports‚ or the boy who started dating the girl you were planning on asking to prom‚ to the person who got the promotion at work over you. If we all took the time to think back I am sure we can all recall a time where we despised a situation or an individual. Take for
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husband and wife is not harmonized. In “Death by Scrabble”‚ the husband is hate his wife. He’s expecting the wife to be dead by made words in the magic scrabble that would kill her‚ but the end of the story is changing. The wife tricked the husband. The one who died was the husband because of the wife made the direct word of Death. In the “Unicorn in the Garden”‚ just the reverse of “Death by Scrabble”. The wife’s hate his husband and want to get rid the husband. Just after the husband out
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