https://padlet.com/ulrich_bernardino/socialjustice Social Justice ⍢ en-us 2018-01-17 01:57:47 UTC 2023-03-26 00:55:14 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Ninja.png ulrich_bernardino https://padlet.com/ulrich_bernardino/socialjustice/wish/239386379
<sup>I cannot say that I have lived the best life nor the worst life. I'm in between. Lately though, I have been living life where when you think everything is going as planned and things are going smoothly and out of nowhere, something bad happens, and it kills everything or it adds yet another problem. 

I tend to keep myself positive in most cases but sometimes things get to me.
Even though I identify myself as being part of the middle class now, I get to experience a lot more things first hand and might have a rougher life than those who are part of the top 1%. 

Growing up, my family and I were often faced hardships. My family is not very wealthy one can say. If we want something, we need to work for it. They were not able to provide me so many things because the lack of money. Seeing all of this made me not give up on the goal I want to accomplish. 

My motivation to become a law enforcement officer is the experiences of all the hardships that I encountered but still managed to overcome them. I do not want to live the same way my parents did. I believe that this is the way me saying thank you to all of the things they were able to provide me.

The second would be the community I grew up in. I grew up seeing many families pass through the exact same thing my family and I did. I soon found out that my people that I grew up with were part of a minority group, which meant that such individuals are usually oppressed in some way. My community did not have a voice. In addition, for those that did, consequences followed afterwards, just for fighting for something they believed was right and was going against their rights. 

Much of these things are many reasons as to why the Latino community is a strong believer that they do not need help from "others." For many Latino communities throughout he United States, there are many individuals who are faced with a very serious situation but WILL NOT, by all means, call authority to come and help solve or put the situation under control. Such community, based on my experiences, tend to think that law enforcement is not really much help. My community tends to be a very prideful community and if things go wrong because of the wrong decision taken by the individual, they will tend not to accept their mistakes and accept that they were wrong.

Being an openly gay Hispanic young man within the law enforcement workforce alone will challenge many stereotypes. 
Many people need to understand that regardless of how big or small the situation one is being faced with, if they are unsure on how to treat it, one should always call the authorities for help. I believe that there are times where if an individuals life is in danger, pride or beliefs or any other characteristic should not be a reason for them to question if they "really" need help.

I am aware that police brutality is out there, which makes many people question the actual authority of our local law enforcement officers. But because of those bad apples, it should not speak for all of our law enforcement officers. Ideally, I would like to show individuals another perspective of our law enforcement work. Not all officers are these "bad, racist pigs" that many people like to label them as. Many are respectfully performing their duties and are happy to assist if someone needs help.</sup>]]> 2018-03-07 20:13:33 UTC https://padlet.com/ulrich_bernardino/socialjustice/wish/239386379 ulrich_bernardino https://padlet.com/ulrich_bernardino/socialjustice/wish/239395247 2018-03-07 20:31:25 UTC https://padlet.com/ulrich_bernardino/socialjustice/wish/239395247 ulrich_bernardino https://padlet.com/ulrich_bernardino/socialjustice/wish/239396151 2018-03-07 20:33:28 UTC https://padlet.com/ulrich_bernardino/socialjustice/wish/239396151 ulrich_bernardino https://padlet.com/ulrich_bernardino/socialjustice/wish/245772100
<sup>If we want to figure out more information or be able to understand a unique phenomenon that we find quite interesting, obtaining information from another individual’s point of view of their experience with such phenomenon can be a good way to start, but at the end of the day, it is better to experience things first hand to gain the personal experience from it. Since the beginning of his journey, author Bryan Stevenson was always fascinated with social justice issues, one of them being minority groups commonly not obtaining justice due to many factors.

Unfortunately, many of these factors are things that cannot be changed, such as the gender or skin tone of the individual.</sup>

<sup>Even though it is still the beginning of the book, author Stevenson really goes in detail of all of the things that he went through when interacting with the death row inmates. As time passes by, Bryan Stevenson is getting familiar with how things run with our Criminal Justice System.
Furthermore, one of the biggest things that helped him gain better knowledge on the life of death row inmates was having the one-on-one live interaction with them. Because Stevenson was seeing the inmates in person and was communicating with them for many months or even years, some type of connection was going to exist with them.

At first, he saw the perspective of the victims of the cruel crime that the criminal, whom which is now in death row, committed. Now, Stevenson is perceiving the side of the death row inmates, which is quite interesting! At first, I always saw the side of the victims but put not so much attention to how the criminals felt. Why? Because I did not care of how they felt, and they deserved to feel like “crap.” Reading to how the inmates felt about not wanting to die is something that I honestly would not wish upon my biggest enemy.
Not being able to sleep in peace because you do not know if that night was going to be your last one or for those that do know their punishment day, counting the days until the day finally arrives for you to die is simply horrible to live life with. Still, people will argue the same for those who were victims of such henious crime of the offender. Can we blame them? No.
So far, the book is very eye opening.

Like Stevenson said, we usually allow anger and fear take over how we really want to react.
In my opinion, with violence, nothing will get resolved. If anything, it will make things a lot much worse. If we fear and keep running away from not being able to express how we really feel (without violence of course), then our burdens will not be noticed of all of the things that much of how have to go through, all because of our race, gender, or economic status. Being able to start a small group, possibly with my friends at first to talk about issues that many of us might find relatable to can be a way to start finding solutions to try and minimize such issues that minority groups are facing on a daily basis.</sup> 

]]> 2018-03-24 22:02:03 UTC https://padlet.com/ulrich_bernardino/socialjustice/wish/245772100 ulrich_bernardino https://padlet.com/ulrich_bernardino/socialjustice/wish/245948823 _Latinos

 <sub>Many people, including myself, grew up not being wealthy. It was not until my teen years that my family and I started to become financially stable and even so, my family and I still need to work hard to get through life. Being a member of the working class and part of a minority group (Latino membership), it made me realize that such groups that I belong in continue to receive oppression. Besides oppression, being treat unfairly and not receiving justice when it is needed is commonly perceived not only in my group membership but within other minority groups as well. One of the biggest things that is perceived within my Latino Community is that they are very prideful. Almost anywhere that I mention to another Hispanic individual the career I want to pursue, I simply receive back a “nasty look” or a statement from then saying, “Why police officer? It doesn’t suit you. Try something else, like a lawyer or a teacher.”

Many Hispanics have such mindset for a reason. Others might have such mindset just to try and “fit” in to what the vast majority thinks. Latinos do not like to depend on anyone, especially law enforcement officers. Such individual can possibly even be in serious trouble, yet they will not make a call to local law enforcement officers because of either fear or “can handle” the situation.</sub>

_{My point is, in a lot of cases, police officers are seen as the enemy for many Hispanics.}

<sub>Media, can portray many things on live television, which is why it tends to be one of the biggest influencers to how individuals will perceive many things. The media will tend to only show “interesting” things that their consumers will enjoy watching and wanting more.

From personal experience, I have only seen like two or three positive videos of police officers interacting with people from the community that they are watching over. Nine times out of ten there is going to be much more negative stories about police officers and their brutality instead of something positive, which might lead to less police hatred. Many people argue that such police officers should have acted a different way or could have used another tactic to control the situation they were being faced with. Unless the person was there, the only person who truly knows how they felt during the situation was the officers itself.</sub>

 

_Blacks

_{To this day, hatred and racism are common reactions that African Americans experience on a daily basis. Police brutality is much more commonly remembered with Blacks and Whites. Movements, such as the “Black Lives Matter,” was created to serve as a campaign against violence and racism towards black individuals. The case of Trayvon Martin is one of the biggest reason as to why the creators of such movement created it in the first place. To this day, people continued hearing very disturbing stories that involved law enforcement officers with black individuals. Past cases where black individuals were killed by police officers still seem to haunt the police force.}

<sub>Coming back to the quote, like Bryan Stevenson had mentioned, the opposite of poverty is not being wealthy. Minority groups, when affected in some way, we tend to not receive justice whatsoever. If we do receive “justice” usually the punishments for the offenders are minimal. Putting race aside, every individual needs to be treated with respect and fairness. Punishments should be fair, regardless of one’s skin tone. Stereotypes, which may serve as a reason as to why certain people receive certain punishments or get treated a specific way, are things that many people depend on to “help” them make judgements on such person. For Hispanics, the reference to being called “immigrant” is very offensive for such community. For the black community, being stereotyped as being a “savage animal” or simply “dangerous” is a stereotype that is devalued in such community. 

Stereotypes like these are very offensive. They serve as ways to remind us that stereotypes are a very powerful tool when it comes to making a final decision to something. Should it be depended on? No, because I feel just judging someone before getting to know them is not the greatest approach to do. Instead, getting to know the person and how they really are might just demonstrate to you that such stereotypes can be challenged, concluding that such person is not what the vast majority of people think of such minority group.</sub>

 

_{At the end, yes, money will help many individuals overcome many things, but at the end, being able to acquire justice serves as a sign that many of us are not just somebody that should have many things go unseen. Being able to obtain justice shows that there are people out there that do care about eh rights of others and not judge them or simply not give justice to someone only because they are poor or a skin color. Justice needs to be served, regardless if we are human or aliens! :)}

]]> 2018-03-26 06:00:04 UTC https://padlet.com/ulrich_bernardino/socialjustice/wish/245948823 ulrich_bernardino https://padlet.com/ulrich_bernardino/socialjustice/wish/245953052 <sub>Because this was my very first podcast that I ever listened to, I really did not know what to expect from it. Surprisingly, it is quite interesting. So far, the podcast started off telling us the case of Jacob Wetterling and the horrendous crime he committed. 

If I rememeber, he received 27 years in prison due to the murder of Jacob, an innocent kid who was the wrong place, at the wrong time with his friend. The podcast goes on saying how evey single person, who was affected in any way by the acts of he offender. Hearing what every single person had to say truly broke my heart.</sub>

<sub>When I hear stories like this, the very first thing that I think of are th family members. One of them will most likely feel that they are the “culprit” to what had happened to them. Jacob’s friend truly was having a difficult time telling his statement to the judge and others. One of the comments that he made was that he feels it was his fault for Jacob not being alive today. Furthermore, leaving Jacob was one of the biggest things that he regreted on doing. 
Again, such event occurred when they were young kids. 
Both did not know what to do in such event that they were most definitely not prepared for. Jacob’s friend left, leaving Jacob behind. 

In my opinion, I feel that I would have had a problem with his friend doing that if he were to be older. Because Jacob’s friend was young, he probably did not have enought critial thinking skills to have chosen the best decision.</sub>

_{The only issue that I am having right now is whether or not, the decision the Jacob’s friend chose was the best one?!?!? What if he would have stayed? Would he have been killed as well? I believe that we all commit problems or simply do not commit into performing the best decision. If anything, we learn from these unfortunate experiences.} 

_{One of the things that realy got to me was the fact that the man that committed the crime mentioned that he was sorry for what he had done to the family of Jacob and any other people he has hurt in the past. As I was hearing the podcast, it was mentioned that he had an impact in many young kids lives, espeically young boys. Such offender is known to be a sex offender/pedophile by many for what he had committed. Such man had child pornography, which led many to believe that Jacon was the first nor the last to have experinced such horrific act from the offender.}

_{At the end, I really felt for all those that were affected by such crime. Hearing Jacob’s mom be interviwed by the woman of the podcast was very interesting to hear. Jacob’s mom started going in a bit deeper into the issue, bringing the question to light of whether or not something could have been done to have prevented such horrific crime from occurring or any crimes that have happened.}

]]> 2018-03-26 06:32:02 UTC https://padlet.com/ulrich_bernardino/socialjustice/wish/245953052 ulrich_bernardino https://padlet.com/ulrich_bernardino/socialjustice/wish/245954148 <sub>Thoughout my life, I almost have not had a bad interaction with my local police departments. The most recent interaction that I had with a police officer was when I was speeding in the Highway. Unfortunately, at that time, I got spotted by the Highway Patrol officer and was stopped within seconds! Scared to what he might say, I started to freak out a little because I thought the officer would give me the biggest ticket ever or even arrest me. I tried my best to keep calm to not make things much worse.
 
By the way, the officer was African American.

The reason as to why I was speeding is because I needed to turn in a scholarship application to one of the advisors at Nevada State College. The only problem during that time was that my advisor was moving away already, the same day that my scholarship application was due. Long story short, I was speeding because I needed to hand an important document to my advisor before he left Las Vegass. I wanted to make sure the document went through.

When the officer approached us, he greeted us in a not so friendly manner. I mean, it was completely understandable. 
The only thing that I can assure you is that the officer thought that I was druving for a stupid reason.

I ended up telling the real reason as to why I was speeding. Still mad at my actions, you could have seen that his frustration over immature decision was going away. He came back, indicating me that he was going to give me a fair warning. My guess is that he was able to understand where I was coming from. If it were for me, I would have not speeded in the first place, but because I thought my speeding excuse was justified, I still went with my decision, something that should definitely not be overlooked. 

At the end, I really thought that he was pretty flexible with me, not because of his skin tone but because he was that I really was being genuine and not wanting to cause any problems whatsoever.

I really think that things would have been different if there were other factors present within me that would give he officer probable cause that something is/was actually wrong, I would have probably received a ticket AND probably went to jail.

In regards to how Bryan Stevenson reacted, I think he made the biggest and greatest decision he could have ever made. Because the situation was occurring at night, it made things much worse. The part that got to me was when he indicated that what if other black individuals were in the same position that he was in? 
What if such individual thought about relaxing , not get nervous, and just talk to the officer to clarify that they are/were no harm to the public. 
I was in a similar situation and believe me, when there is an actual cop behind you and starts approaching you, many do not know how to react, causing them to approach the officer in a negative form, making yourself look like an actual criminal.
In the eyes of others or in people that you personally know, they may know who you truly are and/or aware that you are competent enough to react in a civil manner.

If Bryan Stevenson would have reacted differently, he might not be alive right now or possibly be in jail.
It is sad that many people, such ad Black individuals, have to change their way into a much more mature, “less dangerous” form, to not look like bait to police officers. Such phenomenon is strong that my friend who is black says that there had been times where he has to change the tone of his voice or change the way he talks just so he won’t be perceived as this “bad kid” from the block. . .</sub> ]]> 2018-03-26 06:38:33 UTC https://padlet.com/ulrich_bernardino/socialjustice/wish/245954148 ulrich_bernardino https://padlet.com/ulrich_bernardino/socialjustice/wish/256238317 <sub>Everyday, police officers are out risking their lives for the protection and safety of everyone else. Law Enforcement officers do face everyday challenges while on duty. That being said, there are also many existing factors that impede officers from solving criminal cases, such as not having sufficient evidence to close down the case.

The crime clearance rate is a greatly used tool by many groups that want to measure what crimes are l "cleared" meaning "solved." By doing so, it allows many of us to perceive which crimes tend to be solved and which ones do not.

To better explain this, I gathered information to compare the types of crime clearance rates between my metropolitan police department, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) and the municipal police of Seattle, Washington. I chose both departments because I wanted to know information about two very touristic locations and if crime cleared rates are common in the same areas between the two.

One of the first things that I noticed was that even though in both police departments, crimes such as burglary or property crime of any sort, tend to be the ones that occur the most yet they are the ones that are least likely to be "cleared" by police. Another thing I noticed was that LVMPD had more crimes in the same areas in property or burglary as the municipal police of Seattle, Washington and still managed to solve more crimes than them.

In conclusion, I came up with two possible factors to the possible data that was given to me. First, even though both departments work under very touristic attractions, Las Vegas seems to gain a lot more attraction than Seattle, Washington. Because of this, there might be a lot more wrongdoers coming to Las Vegas. Places that are very touristic are perfect places for individuals to become targets of any type of theft.

The next plausible explanation may be the employment rate in both departments. Because Las Vegas in commonly known to be a very touristic attraction, the need for employing more officers is one of the main goals for my police department. Because there may be more police officers in LVMPD than the municipal police of Seattle, Washington, they might solve a lot more cases, causing them to become "cleared."</sub>

]]> 2018-04-28 17:01:48 UTC https://padlet.com/ulrich_bernardino/socialjustice/wish/256238317 ulrich_bernardino https://padlet.com/ulrich_bernardino/socialjustice/wish/256245235 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ]]> 2018-04-28 18:46:44 UTC https://padlet.com/ulrich_bernardino/socialjustice/wish/256245235 ulrich_bernardino https://padlet.com/ulrich_bernardino/socialjustice/wish/256246704 <sub>At first, I was pretty confused as to what Sister Helen Prejean meant. From my understanding, Prejean is saying that by being aware of the injustices that are occurring and not do something about it (neutral), itself is the status quo, meaning that you are somewhat agreeing with what is going on due to action not being taken at all. Because of this, it makes you side towards the oppressors who may actually practice such negative thing towards someone or a specific group. 

After reading her book, I can see where she may be coming from, but I do not agree with her 100%. In some way, when one does not speak out for the inequality or injustice that they see is occurring with an individual, people will assume that such person may be in support of such action being present. Others might perceive the individual as ignorant as well. In general, the issue really comes down to the individual. Each person is different, meaning that not all of us are going to act the same way towards things. 

For instance, who could tell me for sure that the reason many people, when faced with such awkward, nerve racking situation, they were thinking about how great such person was trusting the individual with much oppression and injustice. In many cases, people who are sometimes involuntary included in such situation are victims themselves in the sense that they may be part of an oppressed group or simply does not have the voice to speak out for themselves, especially for someone else.

It wasn't until a situation that involved my mother with another woman, except the woman was white and my mom is Hispanic with Central American roots. I guess the lady was bothered that I was talking to my mother in Spanish. She was very offensive to the fact she called our language "gibberish" and that we were talking in Spanish because we were talking behind her back. I couldn't exactly hear what she mumbling towards the end but I know for sure she was throwing racial slurs at us, except she was not doing it as explicitly. Rather than being aware that the United States is filled with various traditions, cultures or customs. 
The woman approached with an ethnocentric view rather than a cultural relativism approach (being aware of other cultures/surroundings and does not perceive them as inferior over theirs.) 
My mom does not speak Spanish a lot hence why I choose talking in Spanish to my mom as the best approach to communicate with her. I cannot imagine what would have happened if I would have not went with my mom. Knowing how my mom is, she would have tried everything she could to defend herself from the ignorant individual but at the end, I know that she would have fallen under the hands of the woman. My mom would have been treated very badly by the woman. Luckily though, I was there to speak up for her.</sub> ]]> 2018-04-28 19:12:58 UTC https://padlet.com/ulrich_bernardino/socialjustice/wish/256246704 ulrich_bernardino https://padlet.com/ulrich_bernardino/socialjustice/wish/256250631 <sub>In my opinion, I feel that when we are not fully educated on a specific topic, I feel that basing your knowledge on what you just learned with what others "say its true" may not be the best approach to take into becoming educated on many concepts.

For example, many people, including myself, are not well educated on how our criminal justice system is being monitored, yet we call the system very unfair (people have their reasons to why they believe the way they do) or "racist." Many of us are caught up with uncovering the reality of our Criminal Justice System rather than finding ways to actually improve it. Police officers are faced with many situations that the vast majority of us are not well prepared for it. 
Many easily judge officers for the poor decision they took upon to "try" and solve the problem. In some cases, yes, the officer should have taken a better approach but who are we to be prejudice against them without considering what might have happened if the officer did not choose such decision.
 
Some argue that loved ones would have been alive if the officer would not have committed to the decision he had made. 
Others argue that officers used such approach for their safety. The only ones that truly knew what went on such day is both the officer and the person involved in the altercation with the officer. If by any chance, the officer had live recording on while the occurring situation, maybe it can share some light to the uncleared criminal case.

Just like there are many awesome law enforcement officers out there, the existence of the "bad ones" also exist. Unfortunately, because of such group of individuals, they are the ones that give police departments one of biggest and most negative reputations that exists out there. Furthermore, much of the opposing views from citizens to our law enforcement officers is because many feel that police agencies are not hiring and well-equpiting its new trainees with the right tools to deliver the best possible service they can to the public. Unfortunately, I have seen it as well. 
For instance, it may not be a seen as serious as other problems but one of the things that I am noticing about police agneiceis is the fact that they are not strict in regards to the physical health of law enforcement officers. One of the requirements that is required for a new police candidate is for him/her to be physically fit.
There have been MANY times where I have seen police officers that are overweight. This may bring consequences on the long-run. Obesity can cause officers to not efficiently deliver the best service to the communities that they are supposed to protect.

Just that alone, makes many agencies appear that they are lowering their standards hence causing them to recruit candidates that may not be the best candidate suited for the position of a law enforcement officer. Law enforcement is a career that should not be taken for granted and should be taken serious at all times. Just like many careers out there, policing is NOT for everyone.
Agencies should try to reinforce the policies that the agencies expect from their officers. I feel that the hiring process to become a police officer should definitely be changed in the sense into making it a bit more difficult to join the force. Yes, this might bring drawbacks as deterring many applicants into even considering a career as a law enforcement officer, but agencies will be hiring the best candidates to achieve the greatest goal of all, which is to serve and protect everyone from harm.

Many people are in the police force for the wrong reasons, which is why many of them end up failing their mission into being a great law enforcement officer to the community. Law enforcement should not be seen as a "job" but rather a career that allows the candidates to explore and perceive many things that ordinary citizens are not able to articulate.</sub>]]> 2018-04-28 20:27:14 UTC https://padlet.com/ulrich_bernardino/socialjustice/wish/256250631 ulrich_bernardino https://padlet.com/ulrich_bernardino/socialjustice/wish/256252957 <sub>In general, I feel that discussions in regards to death penalty or corporal punishment are very controversial. Each person grows up with their own set of beliefs. such as growing up what is right and wrong. Even though I grew up in a Catholic household, my family was not very religious as compared to many of my Hispanic friends.

When I was younger, I remember that my family and I would go to church often but as time passed by, my siblings and I grew up, my mom managed to get hired in another job and started to work full time, leaving almost little to no time for all of us to come together and hangout.
We knew that once many of us started to have a busy schedule, going to church was going to be an impossible task to complete together.

Even though we were not active church goers, our beliefs of certain things did not change whatsoever. For instance, in my religion (Catholicism), the idea that we can hurt someone else or even kill someone who committed a crime is highly devalued. I grew up learning that a life is a sacred thing and the only one that can "decide" if an individual should die or not is God, no one else.

Yes, there are many inmates in death row that have committed a very horrendous crime that for many, it should not be ignored and the notion of "Just Deserts" should take care of the rest. If a person killed another individual, they should be killed. They "deserve" it. At the end of the day, as much as I try to think this way, I cannot wrap myself with the idea that it is completely fine to decide if an individual deserves to die because of their crime committed.

I feel that the main reason to the way I think in regards to the death penalty is due to my religion and its beliefs within it. Life is very sacred in my eyes. I cannot imagine going to bed at night knowing that I was the last person the inmate saw and the main reason as to why he/she was there, ready to be killed.

I feel when Sister Helen Prejean had a religious awakening, it impacted her life forever. For her to understand the poor and live up to her faith, she needed to be responsible for the struggles of the poor. By her work at the Projects, it provided her first-hand experience on the daily struggles that is faced by the poor on a daily basis. Prejean grew up in a very loving middle-class family, something that is completely different for me. There were times in my childhood, and to this day I still remember, my family was considered "poor" for certain things that we did. . . but at that time, I did not realize that we were part of the lower class. Fortunately though, this was something that did not last. :)

Things got better afterwards!

Sister Prejean and I experienced first-hand events that's lead to where we are right now and with the thoughts of certain concepts with us.</sub> 

]]> 2018-04-28 21:16:30 UTC https://padlet.com/ulrich_bernardino/socialjustice/wish/256252957 ulrich_bernardino https://padlet.com/ulrich_bernardino/socialjustice/wish/256253072 2018-04-28 21:18:48 UTC https://padlet.com/ulrich_bernardino/socialjustice/wish/256253072 ulrich_bernardino https://padlet.com/ulrich_bernardino/socialjustice/wish/256254158 2018-04-28 21:42:25 UTC https://padlet.com/ulrich_bernardino/socialjustice/wish/256254158 ulrich_bernardino https://padlet.com/ulrich_bernardino/socialjustice/wish/257430493 _{I feel that when it comes down to talking about specific crimes, such as hate crimes, it does not get the attention in receives. Because this a social justice course within the Criminal Justice department, I feel that it somehow connects to our class. Usually, when suspects commit crimes, it is usually pre-meditaed, for the intent to hurt anyone. The difference with hate-crime is that their intentions for the crime that they are about to commit or had committed was due to either the race, sexual orientation, or religion of an individual. Of course, these are not the only factors that can cause an individual to commit a hate crime but they are just one of the main factors that lead hate-crime offenders to commit such crime.
To be completely honest, I was sitting in one of classrooms when I thought about people becoming victims of a crime for something that they cannot control or change. The fact that there have been many people who have died from simply because of their socio economic status, such as being poor, or by simply loving another individual who happens to be the same-sex of the other individual. Minority groups, besides facing a lot of inequality and injustice, many of us have to think about altering our ways that we act or the way we present ourselves to the outside world.
Now, I am not saying that those who are not part of the minority are still not targets. Unfortunately, we are all the target for at least an individual out there. Such individual possesses such hatred over something that many of us cannot control. What fault do many of us when we did not do anything wrong to cause them to show such hatred?} ]]> 2018-05-02 19:50:10 UTC https://padlet.com/ulrich_bernardino/socialjustice/wish/257430493