Tuesday, May 18, 2021

Hate Crime Bill Passed by House of Representatives

With a bipartisan vote, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Jabara-Heyer NO HATE Act, which will promote better hate crimes data collection as well as a more informed approach to hate crime prevention at the federal, state, and local levels.

THe bill was named after Khalid Jabara and Heather Heyer, whose deaths were not recorded in the FBI hate crimes report — will now go to President Biden’s desk, where he is expected to sign it into law. 

Hate comes in hierarchies when lower groups are singled out as inferior or deserving different treatment from groups higher on the hierarchy.

https://www.hrc.org/press-releases/the-human-rights-campaign-celebrates-passage-of-the-jabara-heyer-no-hate-act-in-the-u-s-house-of-representatives