that the battle to guarantee equal rights for all citizens has been fought and won and that favoring members of one group over another simply goes against the American grain (Froomkin). The majority of the country is in favor of this law. Everyone in the world feels some sort of prejudice, it is only natural, but when people show it in the public, then it becomes an issue. The government feels the only way to fix this discrimination problem is through affirmative action. People who agree with the law say, the playing field is not level yet, and that granting modest advantages to minorities and women is more than fair, given hundreds of years of discrimination that benefited whites and men (Froomkin). Society is divided in the middle when it comes to this topic, and if there is not a compromise in the near future, racism will continue and our country will never progress. Whenever there is racism, there tends to be hate crimes. An example of a hate crime would be: a bunch of white people beat up a black man for no reason. . Recently, 21 states have passed laws regarding this topic. Wyoming, however, has tried repeatedly to pass such a law, but every time it has failed. This law seems really nice, but trying to prosecute a hate crime is harder than it seems. Trying to determine a persons motive while he or she was committing the crime is very difficult to prosecute (Aurelio A1+). Figures show that California, compared to the rest of the country, has a horrible record for prosecuting hate crimes. In the year 1994, 2,626 were reported out of the whole state of California, but only 187 were ever prosecuted (Aurelio A1+). Prosecutors have also been failing to follow up or apply new laws that lengthen prison terms. Since the release of these figures, California has taken steps in making sure they do better jobs in seeing that these crimes do not go unpunished (Aurelio A1+).The Ku Klux Klan, one of the biggest hate groups in the w...
