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Hate that is based on race, religion, and sexual orientation can exist within any cultural rich society. When this type of hate fuels a person into taking violent actions upon those they hate, it is called a hate crime; a topic which the American public is seriously concerned about. It has been a widely discussed subject on the media, and often debates of whether or not a crime should be attributed with hate crime are the center for discussion. Many people would argue that a hate crime epidemic in the United States even exists. Some, of course, would consider it to be of epidemic proportions. Those that oppose crimes of hate also oppose other prejudices. A hate crime is a criminal behavior that is motivated by racial, religious, ethnic, gender, sexual preference, or any other type of prejudice. When a person hears the word prejudice, he or she might think it only refers to the racial prejudice often found between Those with light skin and those with dark skin. Prejudice, however, runs much deeper then a person’s color. Prejudice is found between gender, sexual orientation, religion, cultural and geographical background, and race. People have discriminated against others based upon these attributes from the beginning of