Word: hates
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...seemed like the murder of Matthew Shepard might have been enough. It seemed like the sight of a young man strung up on a fence post by vicious killers simply because he was gay might have been enough to prompt the state legislature in Wyoming to enact hate-crimes legislation. In the wake of the killing, in the wake of the national outcry that followed, it seemed like the obvious fact--that violence motivated by racial, ethnic or sexual bias warrants extra punishment--was on the verge of acceptance...
...suddenly, the outrage is gone. The Wyoming state senate quashed proposed hate-crime legislation last week. Colorado, Idaho, Montana and Utah have all defeated similar bills over the past few months. Only 40 states have hate-crimes legislation. Of these, only 21 specifically provide for hate-crimes prosecution for crimes against gays and lesbians. Despite federal statistics that show 14 percent of reported hate crimes nationwide are motivated by sexual orientation, the movement to add a sexual orientation clause to hate-crimes laws has run into a brick wall...
While the murder of Matthew Shepard is the most horrendous example of hate crime, hate crime legislation is also vital in the prevention of lesser crimes which have the effect of terrorizing whole group of citizens. Surely spray-painted swastikas and burning crosses are far more pernicious than ordinary vandalism...
Also, Prema Vora, a director of Sakhi for South Asian Women, spoke about South Asian domestic violence; and Tito Sinha, an attorney, talked about South Asian hate crimes...
Todd Boyd, a professor of critical studies at the University of Southern California, says rap can bring races together: "It's a little more difficult to go out and talk about hate when your music collection is full of black artists. That is not to say that buying an OutKast record is the same as dealing with real people, but it is reason to hope." Ice Cube is a bit more cynical: "It's kinda like being at the zoo. You can look into that world, but you don't have to touch it. It's safe...