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CHAPTER 11 HATE CRIME
Hate Crime: The Facts
What is Hate Crime? What might be happening?
Everyday it may take the form of:
• A hate crime is a crime which someone does • Bullying at school.
to someone else because of the colour of • Teasing about dress, language and traditions.
their skin, their language, their race / • Teasing about the way people look, move or speak.
religion, their ability or their sexuality.
• Sometimes hate crime is the result of not In the adult world:
thinking, not caring or not knowing about • Shouting abuse at football players because of
the other person’s difference. Even so it is the colour of their skin or perhaps because they
still harmful. may be gay.
• Attacks on people’s homes.
• When we treat someone who is different • Not understanding the words people like
from us in a bad way and in a way we to use about themselves.
would not want to be treated ourselves. • Fighting or beating people up.
It is illegal!
• It is against the law to hurt someone with words or actions because of their skin colour,
their religion, because they may be gay or in some way different.
This also includes damaging their property.
• Children (and adults) have a right to be treated with respect and not to be bullied or treated
differently to everyone else.
• Threatening, hurtful or nasty words or behaviour are against the law and the police take
all forms of ‘Hate Crime’ very seriously.
It is stupid and disrespectful...
to only see somebody because they look different, speak differently, have different traditions to
you or dress differently. It is much better to see a person for the friend they could be.
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