Does rape motivated by some racial ‘infatuation’ or ‘fetish’ qualify as a ‘hate crime’? When such a belief is used to sexually violate members of a particular race, isn’t it a ‘hate crime’? Below is a sad excerpt from a Huffington Post entry “Asian Woman: Rape and Hate Crimes” by Jaemin Kim. I couldn’t have [...]
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Does experience excuse our attitudes?
Thursday, October 9th, 2008Racism has been with us since…you know when. The thing is, those of us still racist or against interracial relationships have some reason to give for our actions; history of slavery, it was done to me when I was growing up…I have lost the energy to go on. Don’t get me started on hate crimes [...]
