Abstract

The paper discusses the causes and effects of hate crime and racism. People around the globe belonging two different minorities suffer from racism by the majority. Mostly the crime is committed by a racist against minority to show their dominance, power and strength. People believe that they are superior to the minorities existing in the society. The coexistence of minority and majority groups is threatened by racists who feel that they need to protect what belongs to them and the minorities are intruders.

Table of Contents

Introduction1

Thesis Statement1

Literature Review1

Causes3

Types of Hate Crimes4

Defensive Hate crimes4

Retaliatory Hate crime5

Mission Hate crimes5

Characteristic of Perpetrators5

Effects6

Hate crimes are different from other crimes7

Tackling Racist Crimes8

Conclusion8

Works Cited10

Hate Crime and Racism

Introduction

The main cause of hate crimes is the prejudice present against the other community because of their association with a particular race or color. The American culture suffered from stereotyping of the minority people who are then subjected to hate crimes. The contact in which a hate crime is committed is mainly because of need of status or power. People are threatened that their freedom mighty be taken over by other minorities therefore by stereotyping with this thinking they go and commit a crime against a particular race. Victims of hate crime suffer from serious psychological trauma. The whole community may feel unsafe about the crimes committed against them. Some offenders commit hate crimes in order to send a message to particular community for which the offender believes that they are a threat to their existence and well being (Anonymous, pp. 24-30).

Thesis Statement

People are motivated by racial biasness and commits crime against minorities.

Literature Review

The department of justice of United States defines hate crime as the crime motivated by prejudice towards a particular community mainly because of the color, caste, creed, religion, sexual orientation, or the race to which they belong. The reason for the prejudice may be the behavior of the community, the activities performed by the other members of community in other parts of the world. This creates a bias among the offenders and they then inflict damages on that community deliberately in order to secure their existence and living.

In most cases when the hate crimes against a particular community increase the chances of the community members to retaliate in order to counter the activities against them. In 2006 statistics provided for racially motivated hate crimes were the highest of all (Anonymous, pp. 24-30).

Several steps were required in order to prevent the hate crimes. There are chances that hate crimes might increase in future. Police need special training when dealing with hate crimes while victim should also be provided with guidance.

People of color have been classified as minority groups and are continuously exploited In terms of cheap labor. The recent progress made by black people in moving themselves up towards the economic ladder has threatened the economic power of whites. Whites believe that black people are not eligible to qualify for advancement in economic system. They should be given a low status in the economic ...