I am confused about the two Miami University students charged with vandalism for hanging the Ku Klux Klan signs. My confusion lies not in what they did but in the charges. If a white man had been responsible for this vandalism, he would have been charged with a hate crime, but once again the minority privilege rears its ugly head.
These signs were posted to create dialogue? They were posted to fire up hatred towards
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whites and nothing else. Let’s call a hatemonger a hatemonger and start executing the law without prejudice.
Tim Donk, Dillsboro, Ind.
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Jan. 27, 1999
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