Modern Day Hate Crimes

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One of the biggest issues in America and throughout the world are hate crimes. It is very important that we, American citizens, eliminate hate crimes once and for all just because of the simple fact that if we do not the world would never know peace. On the other hand, there are races that feel that they are more dominate than others only because of their ethnicity. I argue that modern day hate groups are slowly setting America back because of the current Ku Klux Klan members claiming white supremacy, ISIS groups using the internet to appeal to younger people in the United States, and the New Black Panther Party believing blacks should have their own nation.

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