Month: May 2018

Why are Hate crimes committed?

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Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Many people in this harsh world are faced by hatred among the people of their country. This hatred may started out as a simple glare. Continuing on to a sudden change in behaviour. Which in most cases leads people to taking a huge step. This huge step is which is done by some people of the community is called a hate crime. This hate crime is just among the first steps that lead others to follow through into doing the same. As it becomes acceptable by society for them them to continue. However, these hate crimes have a huge impact on the victims. Unless society becomes more acceptable and loving towards these people, hate crimes will continue to happen.

Hate crimes are defined as any incident or crime that is directed towards the victim because of the hostility and prejudice against a group of people. There are many types of hate crimes that occur in many areas of the world.

 

In the eyes of the victim nothing scares a person more than being targeted by a person that is anonymous. This constant targeting faced by a social group in which the show of hatred is evident are known as hate. This happens in many countries around the world and continues to happen as no serious action is taken against it, especially in western countries. Where victims are mainly not valued by the majority of society and suffer the consequences of this devaluation.

These crimes are directed to people who are socially excluded from society based on the bias opinion present in the majority. This leads to certain people being devalued by society. People that are devalued in society are the main predators for a hate crime. This is because society already devalues these people and making a hate crime against them will be more acceptable by the majority . The other reason for making these people the main victims for hate crimes is due to the fact that they are vulnerable. This makes the hate crime easier to fulfill as vulnerable people will be easily broken.Now the sole purpose of these hate crimes is to scare and break the victim along with the community that they belong to. By sending a message to the community that they do not belong in this society or are hated by society and they scare the person even more. Now these messages are mainly messages that are extreme on a scale of being anti someone or something. Leading the victim to feel even more devalued in society and broken down. Fulfilling the purpose of the hate crime.

The effect on the victims
The data revealed on hate crimes depends on the crime reported to the police. In this case, many victims fail to report this crime leaving it unattended. In the recent report of 2008, the evidence revealed that majority of hate crimes are not based off of physical violence. The majority of hate crimes lie in verbal abuse, assaults and criminal damage. What makes this type of crime stand out is that this type of crime hurts the victim . The effects of these hate crimes present a high threat to physical and psychological safety of the victim. The signs of psychological stress include symptoms of excessive stress that include physical, emotional and cognitive behavior. This is how this crime not only physically hurting the victim but also hurting the identity of the victim.

 

 

 

 

http://cilvektiesibas.org.lv/site/attachments/30/01/2012/Naida_noziegums_ENG_cietusajiem_Internetam.pdf
http://www.apa.org/advocacy/interpersonal-violence/hate-crimes.aspx

 

 

Emulation of a personal piece along with a peom

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I believe in having a voice. I voice that is properly heard. I voice that is not restricted by individuals and society. A voice that isn’t held back by fake news reports, people claiming to have the same religion as me, giving me no right to speak. Along with the belief that society cradled  you with. As long as there would be evidence to prove this lie ,it would turn out to be true. True in the fact that people in society would believe in it. Unless you spoke up. Unless you told him that they were wrong. But with all of this chaos going on, society stops you. Creating the inner feeling of injustice. That grows within until you finally burst. Burst into tears that become never ending.

This is an emulation of a paragraph in Sarah Tirmizi’s work (I believe in a voice). I chose to do this piece based on the events happening against the Muslim community. The news of terrorists that “call themselves Muslims”. This is the voice of a girl who is a Muslim and facing this fake incident.

 

Cold
What is that feeling?
A feeling of numbness that traps your emotions
In one part of your body
Making the rest of your body insensitive
What is this insensitivity?
It is a long lost feeling that one felt before
The feeling that one cherished before
Like the happiness that once remained in that frail body of yours
That now remains under the dark heart of yours
Struggling to find a path to lead back to the real you

This is just a poem describing the feeling of a cold person.

 

In the airplane (Anecdote)

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As I uncomfortably changed my sitting position on Oman airlines. Struggling to get even a bit of sleep before I reached Oman. Although there were still four hours left in reaching Oman. I decided that the sooner I slept ,the less tired I reached Oman. This process was of course only left at my decision not implemented in my actions .

This saying occurred due the fact that I had been watching movies throughout the whole plane ride. Despite my mom constantly waving at me and saying “go to sleep.”This however, did not stop me the more movies I watched the more I got interested in their storylines. This reason was what led me to spend nearly 5 hours of my plane ride watching movies. Not the movies that they recommended on the front page of the TV.

But in fact the movies that were different to me. Different meaning that I didn’t usually watch these movies at home. These movies were mainly Chinese or Korean . Although these languages were different ,their story lines were incredible. Each story that I saw had a lesson inside. That was perfectly portrayed through these characters. Whether it was through the intense show emotions from the characters or the contrasting comedy played by the characters.

I remember watching a Korean movie called my annoying brother. This movie particularly stuck out to me the most when I watched it. It was about a brother who could not see visiting his brother who was very annoying. As the movie progresses The annoying brother figures out he has cancer. But the brother with cancer helps his other brother compete in the judo competition. Although the brother who is told to compete in the judo competition has lost his eyesight from it. The annoying brother encourages him and help him with going into the judo competition. Near the end of the movie the brother who has lost his eyesight wins the judo competition. But during the intensity of the competition he remembers his moments with his brother. Because his brother gives him motivation to win the competition. This moment is followed by him crying in pain and joy while his brother cries for him because of his victory at the hospital.

For me this was a really emotional movie. They gave me more insight into the relationship of siblings. The beautiful relationship in which achieving one’s dream is important to the other person in the relationship. Despite what they are going through. After watching this movie I started exploring movies I understood .