The issue that remains in the dark. The issue that isn't talked about. The issue that effects too many people. That issue is hate crime. A lot of people don't realize how many lives are traumatized by acts of hate, and i'm going to be honest neither did I. I neglected to realize just how prominent hate crime is. That is until I really opened my eyes to the things people were saying on social media. Shortly after the Paris attacks a lot of people were posting a peace sign with the Eiffel tower in the center. A Muslim girl posted a picture like this to show her support to the people of France. Now you think people on social media would morn for those who lost there life. It would've been the right thing to do. But instead people verbally attacked the girl that posted the picture. What kind of world do we live in? How can people turn an act of respect into a slash against a young girl who was was doing no harm? How can we be so disrespectful?
After I read the comments that were posted on this girls photo I did some research that deeply disturbed me. I looked up some statistics. I found the FBI's latest hate crimes statistics. I wasn't shocked to find out that hate crime is 47% racially based. Though I was astonished to discover that 6 933 offences were reported. Why are we so blind to the hate that occurs in our world? Why aren't we trying to do something to stop these crimes? The world is blind. We go on with our daily lives not realizing that others lives are being affected. How can we be so inhumane?
Freedom. We take it for granted. We don't realize how many people's lives aren't free. Weather you are targeted for racial reasons, sexual orientation reasons, religious reasons or anything like that it isn't right. It shouldn't be tolerated. Not all Muslims are terrorists. Not all priests are rapists. Not all white people are racist. Stereotypes shouldn't hold people back. Stereotypes shouldn't dictate who we are. Hate crimes are a growing issue that needs to be talked about. It's a problem that needs to end. We only get one life so we shouldn't spend it targeting others who are different then us.
After I read the comments that were posted on this girls photo I did some research that deeply disturbed me. I looked up some statistics. I found the FBI's latest hate crimes statistics. I wasn't shocked to find out that hate crime is 47% racially based. Though I was astonished to discover that 6 933 offences were reported. Why are we so blind to the hate that occurs in our world? Why aren't we trying to do something to stop these crimes? The world is blind. We go on with our daily lives not realizing that others lives are being affected. How can we be so inhumane?
Freedom. We take it for granted. We don't realize how many people's lives aren't free. Weather you are targeted for racial reasons, sexual orientation reasons, religious reasons or anything like that it isn't right. It shouldn't be tolerated. Not all Muslims are terrorists. Not all priests are rapists. Not all white people are racist. Stereotypes shouldn't hold people back. Stereotypes shouldn't dictate who we are. Hate crimes are a growing issue that needs to be talked about. It's a problem that needs to end. We only get one life so we shouldn't spend it targeting others who are different then us.