Hate Crime – Quotes

People are just afraid

People are just afraid of things too much … Sure, evil exists, extremism exists. Somebody could commit a hate crime and hurt me. But they could do the same just because I’m black. They could do the same just because I’m American. Frank Ocean

I am arguing that

I am arguing that it is a mistake for trans activists to focus our resources and attention on winning inclusion in legal equality frameworks, such as anti-discrimination laws and hate crimes laws, that will not provide relief from the life-shortening conditions trans populations are facing. Winning legal equality – getting the law to cast us … Read more

Hate crimes are the

Hate crimes are the scariest thing in the world because these people really believe what they’re doing is right. Cher

I have never been

I have never been on the receiving end of a hate crime, or even a disparaging remark to my face. Carol Anshaw

Number one, it is

Number one, it is absolutely critical that we tone down the rhetoric when it comes to the immigration debate, because there has been an undertone that has been ugly. Oftentimes, it has been directed at the Hispanic community. We have seen hate crimes skyrocket in the wake of the immigration debate as it has been … Read more

One hate crime is

One hate crime is committed approximately every hour of every day in this country. Anna Paquin

White hate crimes, white

White hate crimes, white hate speech. I still try to claim I wasn’t brought up to hate. But hate isn’t the half of it. I grew up in the vast encircling presumption of whiteness – that primary quality of being which knows itself, its passions, only against an otherness that has to be dehumanized. I … Read more