Reply #87: Are you a racist? [View All]

"White males are so stupid."

That is a racist statement.

"Do you know how mnay white men make racist comments every day as they make new laws and realities for black folk that make them second-class citizens? Can I charge them with hate crimes?"

I'm not white. I just oppose racism in all its manifestations. There is no "good racism" in my book.

NEW YORK

PENAL LAW
PART FOUR. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
TITLE Y. HATE CRIMES ACT OF 2000

§ 485.05. Hate crimes

1. A person commits a hate crime when he or she commits a specified offense and either:

(a) intentionally selects the person against whom the offense is committed or intended to be committed in whole or in substantial part because of a belief or perception regarding the race, color, national origin, ancestry, gender, religion, religious practice, age, disability or sexual orientation of a person, regardless of whether the belief or perception is correct, or

(b) intentionally commits the act or acts constituting the offense in whole or in substantial part because of a belief or perception regarding the race, color, national origin, ancestry, gender, religion, religious practice, age, disability or sexual orientation of a person, regardless of whether the belief or perception is correct.

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Obviously, this can be prosecuted as a hate crime since race arguably played a subtantial role in the attack.