People, who are willing to do a little thinking, do not just look at the difference of the victim and the convicted and draw conclusions of whether or not the crime is hate related; they examine all the other psychological elements also. ... In order to picture the virtual scenario, we would need to think critically and be able to delineate out hate, and to do that, we need to understand why people hate. ... It is ultimately in a person's perception, which concludes what is and what is not a hate crime....

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Even when we do see minorities on television, racist perceptions are reflected. ... This bottled-up hidden racism can explode in the open, in critical situations like the O.J. ... Americans must stop thinking of only themselves, and begin to consider the other person's situation. ...

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