Combating+Hate+Crimes

=Definition of "Hate Crime"= Crimes against certain people or groups because of their race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability, national origin, or ethnicity. These crimes and affect anyone that these groups don't like.

=**Combating Hate Crimes** = Hate Groups include Ku Klux Klan, Neo-Nazi, Skinhead, Christian Identity, Black Separatists, and others. Civil authority did not control person opinions in the early Middle Ages. The early Middle Ages, accepted many beliefs and lifestyles. In many areas of Europe people of other religions lived peacefully with. Jews and gays and often were in position of higher authority until the High Middle Ages. Laws against sexuality or marriage were not enforced very well. It is against the law to intimidate any person because of race, color, religion, or national origin. People cannot deny access to a public school or college, activities controlled by the government, or access to a public place without discrimination to their color or religion or national origin. people who commit hate crimes can be punished by imprisonment or the death penalty depending on severity. Government officials who take away the right of Americans are a threat to other people.

=**Statistics **=
 * 48.5 of hate crimes happened because of another race, 19.7 a certain religion, 18.5 were motivated by a others sexual-orientation, and 11.8 percent were motivated by an ethnicity/national origin. Crimes against a disability accounted for 1.5 percent.
 * African-Americans are attacked most of all people, Homosexuals are the attacked second most, closely by whites and Jews.
 * Most hate crimes that are committed by young adults or teen are only because they want to feel the thrill of victimization
 * White people commit sixty-three percent of all hate crimes, nineteen percent of all victims were African American

=﻿Connections to Romeo and Juliet= "Clubs, bills, and partisans! Strike! Beat the down! Down with the Capulet's! Down with the Montegue's!" By the Officer "Once more, on the pain of death, all men depart." By the Prince The officer in Romeo and Juliet tries to get the Montegues and the Capulet to stop fighting and saying that if they fight one more time then they will be put to death "No, sir, I do not bite my thumb at you, sir: but i do bite my thumb, sir." Sampson is making insulting gesture to the Montegues because they are of a different family. =﻿How it effects the community= Hate crimes affect the community in ways that may not hurt them physically but these crimes also effect the community mentally and socially. Crimes that are committed against other people are not only for their primary target, but also for anyone in the community. Hate groups Are trying to send the message that they are the dominant ones, and that they don't like certain kinds of people. =How it effects families and teens.= Hate crimes affect families because in many cases not only are the certain person being targeted, but the whole family is being targeted. Many teens from school are targeted by other classmates because they are of a certain color or they may like the same gender. Attacks on these teens are left traumatized because of what happens to them.



= = =Help For Teens= There are many support groups and helplines that teens can come in contact with to cope with what they have went through. There are also organizations that help schools control hate crime against other students. =﻿= =Citations:= FBI. "FBI Hate Crime Statistics." //Disability News, Information and Resources - Disabled World//. Disabled-world.com, 26 Nov. 2010. Web. 27 Sept. 2011. []. "Hate Crimes." //Family Counseling & Coaching//. Karisable.com. Web. 29 Sept. 2011. []. Kevin Feldmen, Sharon Vaughan, Kate Kinsella. "Romeo and Juliet." //Prentice Hall Literature//. Peguin Edition ed. Boston: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2008. 730-847. Print.