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  • Question 1

    1. The automobile of a prominent gay student leader on campus is "keyed" in the parking lot. The phrase, "Die faggot!" is carved into the car's finish.

    Is this a Bias Incident or a Hate Crime?



  • Question 2

    2. Two students, one African-American and another Latino, have an argument in a hallway of the student union over a monetary debt. The argument escalates when ethnic and racial epithets are used. Soon the two are involved in a fist fight. Both suffer minor injuries.

    Is this a Bias Incident or a Hate Crime?



  • Question 3

    3. A Sukkah, an outdoor tabernacle that celebrates the Jewish holiday of Sukkoth, is defaced overnight with a Swastika. There are no suspects.

    Is this a Bias Incident or a Hate Crime?



  • Question 4

    4. Members of a campus sports team attack a group of Asian-American students on campus a few hours after they had gotten into a verbal altercation at an off-campus bar. Both groups were inebriated and include under-age drinkers. One of the Asian students suffers a fractured skull and is taken to the hospital in a comatose state.

    Is this a Bias Incident or a Hate Crime?



  • Question 5

    5. A sorority refuses to accept an openly lesbian pledge. The sorority claims that there was nothing personal in this decision, but that the Christian values of the sorority require them to reject any and all lesbian applicants.

    Is this a Bias Incident or a Hate Crime?



  • Question 6

    6. During a demonstration protesting Israeli policies towards Palestinians, a large rock is thrown through a glass window of the campus Hillel building.

    Is this a Bias Incident or a Hate Crime?



  • Question 7

    7. A group of students taunt a Muslim woman wearing a hijab (a head covering). One of them pulls it off her head, runs away with it and throws it into a trash receptacle. The Muslim woman trips and hurts her knee while trying to run after her assailant and recover her garment.

    Is this a Bias Incident or a Hate Crime?



  • Question 8

    8. An African-American student receives repeated e-mail messages warning him to leave campus and threatening violence against him if he stays.

    Is this a Bias Incident or a Hate Crime?



  • Question 9

    9. The Black Student Union invites a well-known African-American writer, with extremist leanings, to speak on campus. In his talk, he encourages Black students to attack the "White power structure" on campus. After the lecture, a group of Black students who had attended get into an argument over the lecture with a group of White students who had picketed the talk outside the hall. Several on both sides are injured.

    Is this a Bias Incident or a Hate Crime?