The Valentine Road documentary shows the constant struggle of the LGBTQ community and their everyday lives. The harassment, torture and struggle dealing with being openly gay or lesbian. From this documentary, many parts can relate back to the class but I chose to discuss, hate crimes, who is most likely to be victimized by a hate crime and bullying.
A hate crime was displayed in this documentary. The definition of a hate crime is when an offender victimizes someone based on their race, sexual orientation, religion, age, ethnicity, gender, disability or another characteristic (Daigle, 305, 2016 and class notes). When determining if it is a hate crime there are a few indicators to look at. For example, hate symbols, the timing of the occurrence, the history of the offender to the victim and no other motivations for the act (Daigle, 305, 2016 and class notes). Many these indicators point to the killing of Larry to being a hate crime (Cunningham, 2014). The hate symbols were the swastikas Brandon was found to be drawing, which relate to Larry because he was multiracial (Cunningham, 2014). Next the timing of the killing was the day after Larry asked Brandon to be his valentine in front of all his …show more content…
Individuals who are gay, lesbian or bisexual or 1.5 to 2 times likely to be victimized by hate crimes (Daigle, 311, 2016). From the class notes it says that 78% of gay kids or kids thought to be gay are teased. Since Larry was gay he falls into this category of having a higher chance of being victimized. A study found that a frequent form of motivation of hate crimes is 20%, which is due to the victim’s sexual orientation (Daigle 307, 2016). Larry’s sexual orientation was gay, causing a bigger target on him and Brandon was uncomfortable with the fact that Larry was different. Another increase to being victimized is being young, which Larry was, he was in high school (Daigle, 307,
A hate crime was displayed in this documentary. The definition of a hate crime is when an offender victimizes someone based on their race, sexual orientation, religion, age, ethnicity, gender, disability or another characteristic (Daigle, 305, 2016 and class notes). When determining if it is a hate crime there are a few indicators to look at. For example, hate symbols, the timing of the occurrence, the history of the offender to the victim and no other motivations for the act (Daigle, 305, 2016 and class notes). Many these indicators point to the killing of Larry to being a hate crime (Cunningham, 2014). The hate symbols were the swastikas Brandon was found to be drawing, which relate to Larry because he was multiracial (Cunningham, 2014). Next the timing of the killing was the day after Larry asked Brandon to be his valentine in front of all his …show more content…
Individuals who are gay, lesbian or bisexual or 1.5 to 2 times likely to be victimized by hate crimes (Daigle, 311, 2016). From the class notes it says that 78% of gay kids or kids thought to be gay are teased. Since Larry was gay he falls into this category of having a higher chance of being victimized. A study found that a frequent form of motivation of hate crimes is 20%, which is due to the victim’s sexual orientation (Daigle 307, 2016). Larry’s sexual orientation was gay, causing a bigger target on him and Brandon was uncomfortable with the fact that Larry was different. Another increase to being victimized is being young, which Larry was, he was in high school (Daigle, 307,