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Sunday, November 18, 2018

Hate Crimes

Clearly, not everyone is as comfortable with diversity as I am.  According to the FBI, hate crimes in the United States went up 17% in 2017.  That sad statistic is fueled by another; the number of anti-Semitic incidents rose 37% last year.

The current administration may have qualms about combating prejudice and xenophobia; we must not.  We must help stop violence based upon ethnic background, race, religion, or sexual orientation.

Here are a couple of places to start.  The latter, the Southern Poverty Law Center, offers a unique tool - a hate map ...

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