Race in the United States

Race
Race has played a pivotal role in the history of the United States, and in our nation's struggle to realize the full promise of our society. This paper should assist the understanding of race in the United States and suggest ways in which the American experience can have relevance for other nations and peoples.
The Impact of Bias Crimes on the Target Community
The impact of bias crimes reaches beyond the harm done to the immediate victim or victims of the criminal behavior. There is a more widespread impact on the "target community" -- that is, the community that shares the race, religion or ethnicity of the victim -- and an even broader based harm to the general society. Members of the target community of a bias crime experience that crime in a manner that has no equivalent in the public response to a parallel crime. Not only does the reaction of the target community go beyond mere sympathy with the immediate bias crime victim, it exceeds empathy as well.
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