Functionalism:
Notice that members of a group are bolstering their sense of unity against a common enemy.
Conflict Theory:
Based on the belief that the victim is somehow threatening the person's livelihood or self-interest. This is the case when immigrants are attacked out of fear that they will take the jobs of the white majority. Finally hate crimes always involve labeling. People who commit hate crimes have vocabularies filled with demeaning stereotypes that attempt to justify violence directed against the victims.
Symbolic Interaction:
Members of a society learn to be prejudiced in much the same way they learn to be patriotic. For example, children may overhear parents make racist or prejudiced statement, but they have not yet learned to separate people by race or ethnic group.
The mission of Bringing Awareness to Hate Crimes is to bring people of all cultures and races together to support each other. We also try to bring resources to people to better educate them on what's really going on.
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