Maga Attack

This episode is a discussion of the racially and homophobic attack on Empire star Jussie Smollett this past week. We dive into the topic of self acceptance and the rejection of hate in society. "Nearly 280 hate crimes were reported in 2017 to the FBI by select campus police departments, up from 257 in 2016 and 194 in 2015. The FBI collects hate-crime data from a much smaller sample of colleges than does the Education Department. The largest year-to-year increases in hate crimes reported to the FBI, in terms of motivating bias, occurred in crimes against multiracial victims, African-Americans, and Jews". -https://www.chronicle.com/article/Hate-Crimes-on-Campuses-Are/245093 Hate crimes are considered to be one of the most disturbing criminal acts in nature. Hate crimes are defined as: "a crime, typically one involving violence, that is motivated by prejudice on the basis of race, religion, sexual orientation, or other grounds".