DIVERSITY CHALLENGES
We live in a multicultural society, which is why diversity awareness is a vital component to a  ignorant or misinformeddisturbing statisticpeaceful existencehate crimebuild tolerancewho they are. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, somewhere in the world, every day someone commits a  disturbing statisticpeaceful existencebuild tolerancehate crimewho they areignorant or misinformed. At least eight black people, three white people, three Jewish people, and one Latino person become hate crime victims. A hate crime is a crime directed against people because of what they are, not  disturbing statisticignorant or misinformedbuild tolerancepeaceful existencewho they arehate crime. These crimes include those directed at others because of their race, colour, religion, ethnicity, gender, disability or sexual orientation. Yet, the most  peaceful existencebuild toleranceignorant or misinformeddisturbing statisticwho they arehate crime is that half of all hate crimes are committed by youth ages 15-24.
Hate is a learned behaviour. Many times, youth commit these crimes because they are  who they aredisturbing statisticignorant or misinformedpeaceful existencebuild tolerancehate crime about the target group. Engaging youth in open discussion about their beliefs and stereotypes is a way to start fixing the problem. In order to help foster tolerance, teens should learn to take responsibility for their actions as individuals and try to make an effort to reach out to those people who are different. Things teens can do to  disturbing statisticpeaceful existencewho they areignorant or misinformedbuild tolerancehate crime : appreciate their own and others’ cultural values, object to ethnic, racist, and sexist jokes, refrain from labelling people and not judge others, especially for things they have no control over.