Racism in North America

It angers me so much that other human beings are treated like this every single day. It makes sense to treat others equally with respect when were all born in the same way. What do you gain when you're mistreating others because of that one reason? You get nothing, there's no point in doing that to another human being, there just isn't. It's just something I strongly oppose to since I've had me, and my own mother experience that. Despite me going through racism it was nothing compared to what my mom went through. For most of her whole life, she would always get nasty glares at other people from when she was working. Her own boss made her hourly wage payment significantly lower just because of her “color”. Also, she would get disrespected, and made fun of because she didn't know English, and I had to translate everything to her. To top that all off, at one point it made her want to give up and just lose everything, but thankfully she didn't. To end racism our colors in the world must join as one. When we have won, we’ll no longer suffer. And our world can finally have peace as one. It doesn't cost a penny to show some sort of acceptance, and kindness to everyone every single

Immigration policies have been under fire for their racist under- or overtones. As Rees states, "Canadian immigration policy has historically always been determined by racial preferences." Institutionalized racism is a problem in Canada, in spite of the many official policies and programs designed to manufacture an equitable society. For example, Canada's Human Rights Commission and Employment Equity Act are both admirable but "Canada fails to fully implement" their guidelines (Song). Racial profiling is also a problem in the Canadian law enforcement and immigration sector. One study shows that Canadian residents who are African or black receive "harsher treatment" than white residents, and are also "overrepresented in police statistics of charges and arrests," (Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants).

The phrase “hate crime” is generally referred to as a criminal act against a person, a group, or property because of one’s race, religion, gender, or sexual orientation (Civil Rights- Hate Crimes- Overview). A person who experiences a hate crime may be threatened, harassed,

“The term hate crime was coined in the 1980s by journalists and policy advocates who were attempting to describe a series of incidents directed at Jews, Asians and African-Americans. The Federal Bureau of Investigation defines hate crime (also known as bias crime) as "a criminal offense committed against a person, property, or society that is motivated, in whole or in part, by the offender 's bias against a race, religion, disability, sexual orientation, or ethnicity/national origin.(National Institute of justice, Paragraph 1, December 22, 2010.)”

A hate crime is a crime which the victim is selected because of his or her actual or perceived race, color, religion, disability, sexual orientation, or national origin. (Sullaway, 2004) In 2016 there was 7,615 victims of hate crimes. Out of 7,615 there was 106 victims was considered a separate multiple-bias incident. There were 4,426 victims of race/ethnicity/ancestry motivated hate crimes. There were 1,584 victims of anti-religious hate crimes. There were 1,255 victims of sexual-orientation, 131 victims of gender-identity, 77 victims of hate crimes towards people with disabilities, and 36 victims toward a specific gender. There were 4,720 victims of hate crimes against a person. There were 2,813 victims of hate crimes against property

A hate crime is defined as “the violence of intolerance and bigotry, intended to hurt and intimidate someone because of their race, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, or disability(U.S. Department of Justice).” There are laws against hate crimes in the Washington D.C and forty-five states. The five states that do not have any laws are: Arkansas, Georgia, Michigan, South Carolina, and Wyoming. States that have these laws would enforce a harsher punishment for crimes where prejudice is used such as types of assault, vandalism, and murder. There were 7,722 reported hate crimes in 2006. Fifty-two percent were targeted at people because of their race, nineteen percent because of their religion, sixteen percent for their sexual orientation, and thirteen percent for ethnicity and national origin.

Generally, hate crime is an action or vocalization against a specific group or individual. There are four main types of hate crime are outlined in the Criminal Code of Canada, Sections 318-320 which state: Advocating Genocide, Publicly Inciting Hatred,

First thing that I would like to address is the fact that racism still exists within all cultures. Some people won’t admit that they are racist, but their actions and words prove otherwise. Most people won’t directly discriminate other races, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen everyday. Many will argue that their race is superior over another, or that their actions of a few individuals of a certain race determines how that race of people are, therefore making them unequal. I think all people should be treated equally, no matter who they are or what they look like. From a personal experience, I have witnessed racial discrimination, not something that happened to someone else but to me right in front of my eyes as I head home. For one, I was one of those people that never thought racism had ended but thought that it has dimmed its light. It was not

Hate crime generally refers to a “criminal offense against a person or property motivated in whole or in part by an offender’s bias against a race, religion, disability, ethnic origin or sexual orientation”, (Hall, 2013).

Part 1: Jeff Nesbit, America Has a Big Race Problem, (Contributor/March 28, 2016, at 12:01 a.m. America still has a race problem and only recently has government tried to change that. Nikki Haley a governor of South Carolina voiced her approval of the removal of Confederate Flags form the State House ground. Still to this day we are having white cops killing unarmed black people and people burning down black churches to try and make black people afraid for their lives, it proves that there are still a lot of raciest in our world and country. There have been many poles to see how many people who are not openly racist or might not even think of them selves as a racist or discriminative of someone of a different race still have racist views of

As defined in 1999 the survey on the victims of domestic crimes, "A hate crime is an unlawful act or crime committed against a person or it can also be a property, because of prejudice against offenders of a racial group, religion, ethnic group, a race, sexual preference, or disability. The offense is considered a hate crime even if the perception of offenders for the victim as a member of a protected group is correct. Hate crime can be also a crime committed by a majority member against a minority member simply because the victim was a minority.

In simple definition, hate crime is the intentional violence to hurt or intimidate someone because of

Hate crimes are extremely relevant in the world that we live in, and it is important that everyone is aware of them and the laws regarding them. A hate crime is a criminal offense against someone because of their race, religion, ethnicity, gender, or other characteristics. It can also be referred to as bias crime because these crimes are often motivated by personal hatred (“Hate Crimes”). There have been many laws directed against hate crimes, but in 2009, the Hate Crimes Prevention Act was put in place (“Hate Crimes”). When a person commits a hate crime now, they are subjected to more critical punishments (King). Hate crimes are a major issue because they happen to completely innocent people and they need to be addressed.

After living in a place like Bend Oregon for 18 years I haven’t ever noticed a difference between blacks and whites. Bend has been said to be “one of the whitest places to live”, yet I never viewed a city by its race. Being racist to me meant that it was the whites who had a problem with the blacks and whites didn’t want anything to do with blacks. I hadn’t actually seen racism in action from anyone here. Now, after watching the film Crash and reading the essays “Blinded by the White: Crime, Race and Denial at Columbine High” written by Tim Wise and “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” written by McIntosh, my understanding of race, diversity, and communications have changed.

In 2015, the FBI released statistics showing that race/ethnicity/ancestry bias incidents dominate over half of the hate crimes in that year with a steady rate of 59.2%. Hate crimes, or bias-motivated crimes, are offences that are encouraged by hatred against a victim because of their race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, handicap, national origin, or tribal membership. Some instances make these crimes very difficult to identify because it can be hard to determine one’s motivation. Also, some can simply be expressing their rights given to them by the Constitution. Hate crimes used to be a huge issue before the 1950’s and America has taken huge steps away from that era. However, these biased crimes seem to be more of a concern in our