Essays Tagged: "Hate Crimes"

Homosexual prejudices, homosexual targeted hate crimes, and the history of homosexuality.

ng the punishment of homosexuals was an ? extreme violation of human rights? (1, pp. 395). Ever day hate crimes are committed against gays and lesbians because people fear what they do not understand. ... acts should be required to participate in purification rituals or else suffer the fate of expulsion.Hate violence, targeting gays and lesbians, remains a daily reality. They are under-reported and und ...

(5 pages) 385 3 3.8 Mar/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Homosexuality

Hate Crimes

I. What are Hate CrimesA. Definitions for Hate CrimesB. Counting Hate Crimes1. White Power2. Black PowerII. Exam ... ons for Hate CrimesB. Counting Hate Crimes1. White Power2. Black PowerII. Examples of Hate CrimesA. Hate Crime penaltiesIII. Reasons for Hate CrimesEven though Hate Crimes have been around in the past ... te Crimes have been around in the past, and have been most certainly been more violent in the past. Hate Crimes are most certainly still a problem in today's society, but it is not dealt with the same ...

(4 pages) 168 0 3.4 Mar/1997

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Black Awareness & Racism

Gay and Lesbian Prejudice

judice is an ongoing issue in communities, in the work place and unfortunately sometimes results in hate crimes.People in communities are not always agreeable to living close to someone who has a same ... not be forgotten. When I think of great women in history I will always think of Eleanor Roosevelt.A hate crime is any crime motivated by hostility based on someone's color, creed, religion, and sexual ...

(5 pages) 329 6 4.1 Oct/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Homosexuality

Title: Hate Crimes. Essay is about recent hate crimes and statistics.

ins of Virginia nearly six years ago. This is quite a disturbing image; the unfortunate result of a hate crime. What exactly is a hate crime? The American Psychological Association defines hate crimes ... religion affiliations.Dr. Jack McDevitt, a criminologist at Northeastern University in Boston, said hate crimes are forms of messages the offender wants to send to members of certain groups letting th ...

(4 pages) 296 1 4.8 Dec/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Hate Crimes - This essay is about what hate crimes are, how often they happen, and what we can do to help prevent them

Hate CrimesA hate crime is an act of violence, a threat, harassment, or property damage motivated by ... ndividual. These acts are not only against the victim(s), but also the particular group as a whole. Hate crimes are very common and often times it is hard to tell whether or not the crime is motivated ... y hate. I chose this topic because I was watching a TV show call Criminal that told true stories of hate crimes. The one that got me interested was "Punks vs. Preps," there had been an ongoing feud be ...

(3 pages) 255 1 4.1 Dec/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

Hate Crimes in America

Hate crimes have been around in America since the very beginning of our nation. When Columbus set fo ... did not lead him to gold and other riches right away. From there came slavery, one of the ultimate hate crimes on any one group in this country. Men, women and children were put in chains and worked ... t extends today to the violence we see against minorities and others simply for their views. Why do hate crimes exist? How do they effect Americans today? These are questions that this paper will atte ...

(12 pages) 299 1 4.1 Apr/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Racism, A Scar on the Face of Humanity

in our lives in the form of police brutality, both physical and psychological, racial profiling and hate crimes.Police, who people view as protector of Civil Liberties, has become one of the leading c ... ce, just based on the color of their skin.A similar discrimination incident took place with Walied Shater, a Secret Service, Arab-American agent, who was supposed to take American Airlines flight (Cat ...

(8 pages) 239 0 3.7 May/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Black Awareness & Racism

Anti-Arab Hate Crimes After September 11.

Anti-Arab American, Muslim, Islam, Middle Eastern and South Asian hate crimes rose tremendously following the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the P ... on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Within five months of the terrorist attacks 600 related hate crimes were reported throughout the United States, according to the Council of American-Islamic ... re is a better way and not to attack fellow Americans based on their race. Since the start of 2003, hate groups and hate crimes and finally started to gradually decrease thanks to the efforts of many ...

(1 pages) 111 3 2.7 May/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Black Awareness & Racism

An opinion of Hilary Clinton.

. Her stands on civil rights, education and family andchildren really speak to me. She wants to end hate crimes and focus on making sure women aretreated just as equal as men. In education, she wants ...

(2 pages) 71 1 3.7 Aug/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

The Fight for Racial Equality.

40 and 50 years ago lived a life of fear from the stories of beatings, lynching's and other various hate crimes that regularly took place in the deep south. These less than humane examples of treatmen ...

(2 pages) 161 1 2.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Black Awareness & Racism

The history of hate crimes of african americans and how it became a controverial issue today.

a variation of factors. One main factor involved in causing this is due to the racial prejudice and hate crimes perpetrated against them. In the United States, there have been movements and laws to pr ... ividuals from such acts of hatred; but injustice continues today as it has in past years. Although, hate crimes are against the law, individuals continue to commit hate crimes against African American ...

(8 pages) 177 0 5.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

This paper explores the idea of hate in todays society. it examines the need of christian values in our present world, and the need for hatred to end,

Put a Halt on HateThroughout these past couple weeks we have been discussing the idea of racism, discrimination, p ... these past couple weeks we have been discussing the idea of racism, discrimination, prejudice, and hate crimes. The unit began with Steven Spielbergs masterpiece Shindlers List I have watched this mo ... od it was a relief to sit back and look where things are today, and come to the conclusion that the hate is lost with history, or so I thought. The last week of this unit was accompanied by a document ...

(2 pages) 37 0 4.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

This is an essay about world peace. It ties in the ideas of Martin Luther King, Jr. It describes the violent state the world is in and how things can change.

e is also rampant on non-national levels. There are school shootings, domestic violence, road rage, hate crimes, and verbal violence.Not only is our society rampant with violence, it glorifies it. "He ... ers, and say things that they don't mean. These behaviors are destructive and bring about even more hate and nothing ever gets accomplished.War is the single most destructive and violent act that huma ...

(5 pages) 70 0 4.3 Jan/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

Censorship.

me of the uncensored media, is posing a bad influence on our children,increasing violence, suicide, hate crimes, rape, etc. After fifty years of research (Since1948) children who watch violence/pornog ...

(2 pages) 56 0 3.8 Jan/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights

Gender in Black Media --- Hip Hop Culture

d free its participants from the frictions they faced in daily lives, such as racial subordination, hate crimes, and low employment rate. In recent years, however, rap music has been criticized as bru ...

(4 pages) 197 0 3.2 Jan/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Hate Speech

Hate crimes are done too frequently in the United States. Although we have laws that supposedly regu ... violence on students that are different than them. Many of these crimes originate with some sort of hate speech. Some students don't find anything wrong with verbally abusing another student. Hate s ... nts don't find anything wrong with verbally abusing another student. Hate speech obviously leads to hate crimes and keeps humans separated. Also when following the laws correctly, hate speech is not a ...

(2 pages) 59 0 3.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Language Studies > Writing

Hate Crimes "The Reality of it All"

will consistently bump heads. Since there is no possible way to get around this predicament called hate, anger, jealousy, and envy etc. why not make a law that can limit the actions that come from th ... hat can limit the actions that come from these emotions. Many people have problems with the idea of hate-crime laws; some believe that it criminalizes thoughts and is an added punishment. In other wor ...

(5 pages) 102 0 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays

African Americans have suffered and struggled throught history.

a variation of factors. One main factor involved in causing this is due to the racial prejudice and hate crimes carried out against them. In the United States, there have been movements and laws to pr ... ividuals from such acts of hatred; but injustice continues today as it has in past years. Although, hate crimes are against the law, individuals continue to commit hate crimes against African American ...

(7 pages) 188 0 4.5 Apr/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > African Studies - History

Equal Rights and Equal Dignity for Americans Act of 2003

ional origin, gender, sexual orientation, or disability, or is a violation of State or Indian tribe hate crime laws. This amends the Federal criminal code to provide criminal penalties for certain hat ... ogether by a single unity, the unity of freedom and equality. Far too often, we see news reports of hate-related incidents in this country, many of which are violent and deadly. Already with 26 sponso ...

(1 pages) 103 1 1.9 Jun/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

Punishing Hate Crimes: My Opinion

Assignment: Write your opinion about hate crimes legislation. This is not supposed to be a research paper but only your thoughts on the t ... ation. This is not supposed to be a research paper but only your thoughts on the topic.------Should Hate Crimes be punished harder than non bias-based assaults?Hate crimes vary from other assaults, an ... therefore should be punished harder then a regular assault. There are a variety of ways to perform hate crimes; they are, for example, acts of violence, harassment, threats, and property damage. Howe ...

(2 pages) 95 1 5.0 Aug/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues