Chapter 1

1. Karen McGill Lawson and Wade Henderson maintain that hate crimes are a serious problem in the United States. How do Lawson and Henderson characterize the victims of hate crimes? How do Kevin Alfred Strom and Joseph E. Fallon describe them? What similarities, if any, do you find in the way these authors depict hate crime victims"
2. Bill Clinton argues for expanding the definition of hate crimes to include women, the disabled, and gays and lesbians. Linda Bowles counters that expanding the definition of hate crimes is tantamount to making politically incorrect thoughts a crime. Based on your reading of the chapter, do you think acts of violence motivated by hate against a specific group should be considered a hate crime and subject to additional penalties? Why or why not"
3. William L. Pierce contends that hate speech must be kept legal because the U...