Hate Crimes In The Big Apple: Country Analysis

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In this day and age who would have figured that this country is still a divided nation. The problem that I seek to address would be people that are different not being accepted. For example people of a certain race, religion or sexuality are still being targeted.Is this how a diverse country should be? It is filled with three hundred and twenty-six million people. Come on, you can not continue to cater to one race or sexuality or religion, you have to cater to everyone. The New York police department stated that “Hate crimes in the Big Apple are up by nearly one-third this year, including a spike during last week’s hotly-contested Presidential election, DNAinfo New York has learned.” Some are probably thinking well one third is not a lot, but

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