A Time To Kill Analysis

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Hatred is shown against certain ethnicity groups, specifically African Americans, or black people in the United States. In previous years, blacks and whites have not gotten along. In today’s society, black and white communities still do not always get along the way they should. The equality that each race deserves, is not treated the same and it causes lots of stress and pressure. This stress and pressure leads to quarrelsome arguments and consequently, leads to brutality, involving both races. In the movie, A Time to Kill, initially written by John Grisham, there were various times where you could feel the tension and anxiety between the races. The story was about a little black girl who was raped by two white men, taking place in the southern …show more content…
These people are targeted because of the difference in their sexuality. According to the FBI’s HCSA reports, the community was reported the third most targeted of hate violence in the past ten years (Hate Crimes). This was recorded in 2007, and has now risen to the second most target group, at twenty percent. In many cases, the homosexuals were beaten, raped, or even killed, all because their differential choice in sexuality. As a result, a 28-year-old lesbian, in 2008, was kidnapped, attacked and then gang raped by multiple men. While the men viciously abused her, they made numerous slurs about her sexuality. The men, afterwards were arrested and charge on various accounts. The lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community are people who deserve the right to their sexuality, whether it may seem peculiar to other people. Because it is looked upon as being strange, they are quick to being judged and attacked verbally and physically by others. Being treated right and just, should not have to be determined by what sexuality people may be, therefore it should not matter if someone is homosexual or heterosexual, they should be thought-about as equal among all

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