is it even possible to be the victim of a hate crime if your not black or gay?
2007-09-25 07:26:29 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
yes maybe 1 or 2 ,but almost impossible to prove ,cuz hate laws where not designed to help whites
2007-09-27 07:55:27 · answer #1 · answered by Arthurlikesbeer 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it's possible -- the whole concept if a hate crime is that the victim is being attacked solely because they belong to some group -- race, religion, ethnicity, whatever.
A hate crime is an attack against the entire racial or religious or ethnic group -- with the individual victim just standing in as a convenient target -- and whites can be a racial target of bigotry just as easily as any other racial group.
Very often, hate crimes are not prosecuted -- even when that is the intent -- because they are difficult to prove. To get the sentence enhancement as a hate crime, the prosecutor needs to prove that the intent and motive for the crime was primarily or solely based on bigotry -- and for no other reason that is particular that that individual victim.
2007-09-25 07:42:02 · answer #2 · answered by coragryph 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe that you may not have actually intended for the first question to be answered, because you know that the answer is yes. Seldom do we hear about whites being the victims of hate crimes.
Some people say that all crimes are hate crimes. Probably true. Most of them, at least.
But as a white guy, I can tell you for absolute certain that I have been the victim of crimes before. I don't know if they were to be classified as 'hate' crimes by the technical meaning. But they were crimes, all the same.
For one thing, my car was stolen many years ago. I suspect that it was a black man who stole it, for a couple of reasons. The area of town it was found in is a predominantly black neighborhood, and the "items" left in the car pointed to the black hypothesis.
But I don't care if he was black or not. He took something that meant a lot to me and desecrated it. He deserves to be punished- but since I don't know who did it, I have to trust God to get vengeance for me.
Also, in the past, my home has been broken into and I have had things taken.
Society has a double standard. Actually, it has hordes of them. But keep in mind that the liberal media is controlled by the government- so they only reveal what they want us to hear.
You forgot to mention some other groups- jewish people, the handicapped, illegal immigrants, overweight people (like me), people who are freaks or just eccentric, etc. Sometimes, if you are "different", or if you are perceived as being such, people sometimes pick on you. Sometimes, worse things can happen.
But I do understand your point, and it is a valid one.
2007-09-25 07:46:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, the Sup. Ct.'s case of Mitchell v. Wisconsin (1993) was about black youths who attacked a white boy. See my answer to this question:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AvOlWYkOk6hWE7_mxA4Nvb7ty6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20070925090447AADCnLG&show=7#profile-info-847c36ccb0451d939a175eefa01ab502aa
Yes, anybody can be a victim of a hate crime. Anybody.
2007-09-25 07:30:28 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have been victimized several times (by police mostly).
2007-09-25 07:30:08 · answer #5 · answered by Yahoo Sucks 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hatred is TAUGHT in every corner of the globe.
Ignorance thrives.
Being GOOD (and why) is seldom taught in our schools and homes!
2007-09-25 07:32:05 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think every crime is a hate crime...otherwise it wouldn't happen.
2007-09-25 07:35:32 · answer #7 · answered by danno 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it's possible and it happens.
2007-09-25 07:38:49 · answer #8 · answered by Sandy Sandals 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋