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In America Hate crime is on a rise as a whole but because Maine is 94.7% causation minorities are more of a minority so if hate crimes gets out of hand it may be very hard to counteract. There are three known hate groups in Maine, the Maine Resistance, hammerskins (Crew 38), and of course the KKK. All of these groups are "just" talking and saying their opinion and because of the first amendment the government cant do any thing about it. Director Robert Trestan says that even though the government the comunity has to speak out aginst the hate because if nothing is done when it is in low stages of the hate crimes it can escalate into harrasment and threatening and even strait up violence and then the government can intervene but we dont want it to get there is it doesnt have to. This is an example that our society hasnt gone to far forward but its still better then what was happening in the days of TEWWG.

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PORTLAND (WGME) -- The FBI released the 2016 data this month on hate crimes in the United States.

The data shows that hate crimes are increasing across the nation and here in Maine.

In the past two years, FBI data shows that Maine has recorded 78 hate crimes, and the Director of the New England division of the Anti-Defamation League says it's not going way.

"In Maine, since January, we've seen 5 KKK newspaper and leafleting drops in different communities," said Director Robert Trestan.

He says that Mainers need to speak out about racism happening in their communities, before the problem becomes too severe.

"It doesn't mean there are 100's of Klansmen in Maine, but what it does do is it sends a particular message: If you're a person of color, or you're jewish and you live in a neighborhood where the klan decides to distribute, what type of message does it send to you," he said.

According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, Maine has three known hate groups. An LGBTQ hate group in Lewiston known as the "Maine Resistance", a chapter of the Klu Klux Klan in an unknown location, and the Hammerskins, or Crew 38, who keep their presence online.

According to the FBI data, America hasn't seen any less than 6,418 hate crime offenses in the past seven years. The highest amount came in 2010, with 7,699 hate crime offenses being reported by police agencies across the nation. Last year saw the second highest amount during that time period, and Trestan says that should be a cause for concern.

"We should be concerned about the overall increase in hate incidents, and really the dissemination of hatred," he says.

The latest data from the United States Census Bureau shows that Maine has the highest Caucasian population in the United States at 94.7 percent. The director of the ACLU of Maine says that makes it more vital for Mainers to stand up against racism.

"All communities, not just communities who are victimized by hate speech, but all communities, especially white communities, to speak out against racial violence and racial hate speech," says Director Zachary Heiden.

CBS 13 asked Heiden what Mainers can do to stand up to racism, and what legally can be done to stop groups from spreading hateful language. He says nothing can be done legally unless the words are considering threatening.

"People are allowed to engage in speech and they are allowed to believe things, but when that belief turns into action like threatening to harm people or actually harming people, the first amendment is no protection," he said.

Heiden says that groups like Crew 38, which have forums for making fun of other races on their website, can't be taken down, because they're just expressing their opinion. However, Heiden says that shouldn't stop people from speaking out against racism.

"The Government is restricted in terms of who it can censor, in term of the first amendment, but communities have an obligation," he said.

Trestan says that's because often the next step is violence.

"The next step is often harassment, confrontation, and violence. So it's important for us now to speak out and take steps when things are taking up at a lower level," he said.

To take a look at the FBI data on hate crimes, click here.

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Hate crimes increase across Maine, nation

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PORTLAND (WGME) -- The FBI released the 2016 data this month on hate crimes in the United States.The data shows that hate crimes are increasing across the nation and here in Maine.In the past two years, FBI data shows that Maine has recorded 78 hate crime

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Clint Smith talks of his childhood and not talking about how he felt and talking more about his feelings and thoughts but more emphases on his parents and how they felt having to constrict his ability to play the same games as his friends and how they had to strip away part of his childhood just to keep him safe and not be mistaken shooting a actual gun when he is actually just playing with water guns with his friends in the dark hiding behind cars which in his dads eyes and which was sadly true were dangerous activities not for his white friends or anyone else but for him because he could be "mistaken" for someone attempting to hurt them whether the accuser wanted to kill a black kid or not.

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Teachers often use TED Talks in the classroom to introduce a lesson topic or to frame a student discussion. Below are 10 TED Talks about race in America - curated by TED-Ed upon educator request - that teachers may find useful in the classroom:
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10 TED classroom resources about race in America

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Teachers often use TED Talks in the classroom to introduce a lesson topic or to frame a student discussion.

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A free bird drifts on the winds and thinks of yummy worms. The free bird does with his life what he wants. While the free bird lives life to the fullest there is a caged bird looking through its bars with clipped wings and tied feet.The free bird resembles the white man and how he has not a care in the world but the black person is in a cage scared to open their mouth because if they do they could be severely punished.

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Maya Angelou, "Caged Bird" from Shaker, Why Don't You Sing? Copyright © 1983 by Maya Angelou. Used by permission of Random House, an imprint and division of Penguin Random House LLC. All rights reserved.

Source: The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou (Random House Inc., 1994)

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Caged Bird by Maya Angelou | Poetry Foundation

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A Black man, Daryl Davis Tells his story of how he got to talk to a higher up in the klan and eventually attending kkk rallies. The man did not understand why people who didn't know him, his past, or anything about him would instantly hate him because of his skin color. His encounter with the klansman was rather civilized and there was no bickering but the man did make it clear that he was superior to Mr. Davis. At a point in the conversation there was a noise that both men thought was the other and they stood up quickly and stared at each other intensely thinking each other had made the noise until Mr. Davis's secretary pointed out that it was just the ice and that showed the ignorance of both men and with that comes fear. If they were not ignorant that would not have happened. The point of his message is to learn about what the other side see's and not to understand it before you have feelings toward it. This translates to more then just the color barrier but also anything that you could feel tension between. This is really a teaching situation and everyone can take advantage of this.

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Why I, as a black man, attend KKK rallies. | Daryl Davis | TEDxNaperville

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black women pushing to make herself heard

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black women pushing to make herself heard

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A black women is at a poetry slam and is talking about all that her people go through on a day to day basis. She displays the hurt not only through her words but also through her voice. although she is trying to get the point across to the audience, it sounds like she is forcing it to much. The women is saying all of the things that she would normally go through before she got to the point where she could say what she needs to say with confidence and the way she wants to say it. The person she is describing that would be struggling through all of the thoughts is much like Janie in that she is a black women that deals with all of the struggles. Much like when Janie had to wear a head rag because Jody is "superior" to her.

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Women of the World Poetry Slam 2016 - iCon "Black Woman Steps Up to Mic"