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A 5 page research paper that describes various aspects of hate crimes, with a particular focus on African Americans. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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By - properly! Hate is a "universal
human emotion," which consists of "extreme rejection of another person" (Broyles, 2009, p. 4). A hate crime refers to when an act of violence is perpetrated against an individual, not
because of any personal animosity between the victim and the attacker, but rather due to the race, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, or religious beliefs of the victim and the
attackers hatred of a specific group and the identification of the victim with that group (Broyles, 2009, p. 4). While numerous groups are subjected to hate crimes, in every
state, African Americans are the group that is mostly frequently targeted by hate-crime perpetrators (Gerstenfeld, 2011). For example, FBI statistics for 2007 indicate that 3,434 incidents occurred against African Americans
that year, with the second most prevalent victims being Jews, who suffered 1,127 incidents (Gerstenfeld, 2011). Case examples The US has a long tradition racial bigotry against Americans of
African descent, a lingering legacy of hatred that has hovered like a recurring plague over the country since the days of slavery. Despite improvements in this factor in American culture,
hate crime incidence can continue to occur. For example, on January 20, 2008, Brittany Williams, an African American student attending the University of Nebraska, was murdered at a fast-food restaurant,
shot by a white man who was allegedly making racial comments at the time (Streissguth, 2009). In Carrboro, North Carolina, on January 24, 2008, two write students were arrested
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