The Hate Cries Prevention Act (HPCA) defines hate violence as a violent act committed to a person due his or her gender, race, color, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, and disability. (Iyer, 22) In We Too Sing America, Deepa Iyer states that the multiple “root causes that lead to hate violence” listed earlier are the “racist and xenophobic attitudes and beliefs we hold about one another”. (Iyer, 23) Iyer goes on to affirm that these root causes for hate violence is only reinforced or even exacerbated “by governmental policies, political rhetoric, and media narratives.”
America has always struggled with xenophobia. Today, the lowest common denominator of Americans who share the idea that the US should be a white Christian nation
America has always struggled with xenophobia. Today, the lowest common denominator of Americans who share the idea that the US should be a white Christian nation