Discrimination

They don't. Many Americans see nothing wrong with Mexicans and vice versa, though the ones that do see fault with one another tend to speak the loudest and are given the most attention, so it seems everyone hates each other.

Those Americans who do hate Mexicans often cite one of the following grievances:

Economic Issues: Mexicans are viewed to be "stealing" American jobs from "real" Americans.

Linguistic Issues: Mexicans typically do not have a strong command of the English language and many Americans do not feel that they should have to learn a second language to communicate with immigrants, especially since their ancestors had to learn how to speak English too.

Physical Danger: Mexicans have a higher percentage likelihood to be involved in gangs than White Americans and the view that Mexicans are dangerous is reinforced by the US media. People do not want their neighborhoods to become more unsafe.

Sorry for deleting the old post, but it didn't make any sense, and I'm an expert on these sort of things, and this comment may sound racist towards skin colours, but don't take it offensively, It's just the truth, and you need to FACE the truth.

Asian people cannot be an emo because of their skin colour, the skin colour is too dark for an Asian to be emo, and emo's wear dark colours, and are depressed, yet at Asian people are more, freedomestic, if that's a word, if it isn't, I just made it into one, it now means (LOL).. That they like to be free, wild, and do what ever they want, and it wont look good with the dark colours against the dark skin. Yet, as white people can be an emo, it looks more realistic, and sensible to have a white person to be emo, so, It's not natural for a Asian/Black/Brown person to be an Emo, it only looks right against white skin, sorry.

But, if you're "Scene" as some may say, it would look ok-ish for an Asian person to be a scene. But Emo, nuh-uh.

x -Sophie.

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Sorry to burst your bubble Sophie, Asians can be emo. Asians are freedomestic? Yeah because I'm sure you've met and talked to every one of the god knows how many Asians. Asians are dark skinned? Some of them, yes such as Indians. But some of them are light skinned, such as Japanese, Korean, Chines, etc.

Emo isn't being pale and looking like a walking corpse. That is goth. Emo is where you wear darker clothing (occasionally with some brighter colors), kiddie accessories, lots of eye makeup, and choppy layered hair. That style looks good on anyone. Asians can't be emo but they can be scene? Scene is basically emo with some brighter colors. If people were made up of paper and lines, emo and scene are the same lineart with different shadings. That's the only difference.

There were no "separate but equal" laws for slaves. Slaves were considered unequal and were treated as such.

The laws requiring racially "separate but equal" public accommodations are called Jim Crow laws, and developed in reaction to the Civil War and Reconstruction. After the slaves were emancipated, the United States ratified the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution, outlawing slavery, attempting to create equal protection for African-Americans, and granting African-American men the right to vote. Many white people opposed equality for former slaves, and felt threatened by the new social order. Jim Crow laws were a desperate attempt to keep African-Americans "in their place," because many whites considered them inferior.

Most Americans do not hate Arabs, but there is a certainly a minority of Americans who do. Because they have no direct exposure to Arabs to discuss or argue these views, they see Arab-Americans as representatives of that culture and treat them negatively as an extension of how they feel about Arabs. The individuals who feel hatred towards Arabs do so for the following reasons:

1) Islamic Terrorism: Americans remember well what happened on 9-11, when Osama bin Laden and the Al-Qaeda Terrorist Organization intentionally attacked and murdered over 3,000 American citizens. While Al-Qaeda was based in Afghanistan, bin Laden was himself a Saudi as were 15 of the 19 pilots. Rather than express regret for the loss of life and condemnation of the attacks, a sizable minority of Middle Eastern clerics remained neutral or claimed this as "a victory against the West". Additionally, surveys have shown that many Muslims (including Arabs) believe that 9-11 was a Western inside-job and do not take credit for the failures in their society that lead to this type of terrorism. As a result, Americans are afraid of subsequent attacks from Arab individuals.

2) Arab Anti-American Protests: Nowhere in the world is more famous for US flag-burning than the Arab World. The US is often condemned for its actions in the Middle East and its symbols and ideals mocked and cajoled. For those with a sense of patriotism and pride, these acts engender rage towards those who perform them. Since this is more common in the Arab World than elsewhere, more animosity is directed towards Arabs. It is worth noting that such protests may be entirely meritorious due to US policies in the Middle East, but since most Americans are unfamiliar with their policies there, they only see this negative reaction.

3) Arab Anti-Israeli Sentiment: Many Americans fervently support the State of Israel as an expression of their Christian or Jewish faith. The Arab antagonism towards the State of Israel alienates them and infuriates them. They have no opposition to the Arab States existing, so why should the Arab States have any opposition to the Jewish State existing?

4) Rampant Human Rights Abuses: The Arab World is known numerous human rights abuses, such as torture for prisoners, attacks and unequal legislation against women, the execution of homosexuals, violence towards religious minorities, and other similar offenses. Instead of taking responsibility for these crimes, many Arabs prefer to claim that there are no problems and continue to engage in these activities. Americans often see themselves as the defenders of justice and righteousness and see the Arabs falling far too short in this regard.

5) Failure to Culturally Adjust: Especially in Europe, Arabs have failed to properly integrate into the European population, bringing their customs and traditions with them. There is the expectation in the USA that you come to the country and become American. You can be an American with some divergent culture, but it should not be your expectation that America will change to accommodate you. Americans see the Arabs in Europe not making those kind of concessions and expecting Europeans to incorporate Shari'a Law into proper governance. Not wanting a similar climate in the USA, they oppose Arabs.

6) Misconceptions about Islam: A lot of Americans know very little about Islam and have heard conflicting information from different sources. Rather than be open to people of different faiths, these Americans would rather close themselves off and stick to historical enmities.

Since the United States and Israel have very different legal systems (as concerns how human rights are protected) there are two very different reasons why the above question does not accurately capture American or Israeli Law.

As Concerns the United States

This is just completely wrong, and has no basis in fact, at least concerning the laws of the United States. I don't know about Israel. First of all, the question is confusing because under U.S. laws against discrimination or bias-related (hate) crime, there is no such thing as "protected class people".

Read the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and any of its amendments. "Protected class" does not refer to any group of people, despite widespread popular confusion. Under the law, "protected class" is a classification, or the type of discrimination the law applies to, whether it be race, gender, national origin, religion, etc. It doesn't protect any PARTICULAR race, gender, national origin, religion, etc. It outlaws discrimination based on those classes or classifications. Those are protected classes because that is the TYPE or CLASS of discrimination that the law applies to.

In other words, if the protected class is religion, it doesn't protect any one religion over any other. It protects us all equally. Otherwise, it would be unconstitutional, because we all have equal protection under the law.

I will often see comments such as "I am a white, middle aged male, so therefore not in any protected class", but this is completely wrong. NOBODY is IN a protected class. If you are white and the victim of discrimination based on race, you may be the victim of illegal discrimination. The law doesn't say only Asians or Africans are protected.

Also, the comment "no Diversity people can commit hate crime" is confusing and disingenuous. There is no such thing as "Diversity people" under the law. Bias related crime laws, or laws against hate crime say nothing about any particular race or religion or national origin.

Finally, the idea that all of the non-White classes in the United States are galvanized together is completely wrong. Blacks have historically been the strongest and most consistent conservatives when it comes to social policy. Asians tend to be more economically conservative than Hispanics. Religious Jews are typically Republican while non-religious Jews are typically Democrats. If the parties capitalized more on the divide between the majority of Americans, then we would not see a Democratic party that courts minorities so easily.

As Concerns Israel

Israel does recognize that there are certain rights and privileges that belong to different races and ethnicities that are based on their particular affiliations. Jews have a certain bundle of rights, Arab Muslim Israelis have a different bundle of rights, so do Arab Christians, Druze, Circassians, Bedouins, Armenians, etc. Every group in Israel, however, has the right to claim protection from hate crimes and to prosecute offenders civilly if the government does not take a case. The Israeli organization B'Tzelem (בצלם) advocates almost exclusively for the protection of non-Jewish Israelis. If you asked any authority in B'Tzelem, they will tell you that there are certainly incidents of victimization against non-Jewish Israeli citizens. Are they rare, yes, but they exist. In the other direction, not more than a few years ago, a number of Russian Israelis were arrested and charged with an Anti-Semitic hate crime involving the spray-painting of a Nazi Swastika in Tel Aviv.

Jews cumulatively are the majority in Israel (75%) and all of the minorities together make up the remaining 25%, which is nowhere near a super-majority. As concerns unified voting, you have clearly never met an Israeli. Israel currently has 12 different parties in the legislature (with only 120 seats) and this is not unusual. The Arabs have their own parties as do the Religious Jews as do the Left-Wing Peaceniks, the Right-Wing Warhawks, and the Centrists. Druze are represented in nearly every major party, which shows how divided their opinions are.

As concerns the Palestinian Territories, there are a vastly different set of rights that apply between Israeli Settlers and Endemic Palestinians. If a Settler were to throw stones at a Palestinian, he would be arrested, arraigned, and tried before a jury of fellow Israelis inside the borders of 1949 Israel. The trial would be conducted in his native language (Hebrew) and his guilt or innocence would depend solely on this jury. If a Palestinian were to throw stones at an Israeli, he would be arrested by the Israeli Military, be tried by an Israeli Military Judge in a language he may not even speak (Hebrew) with no peers to vouch for him and no ability to call witnesses. He will then be punished or not punished as the military officer sees fit. That's not equality, which is why Settlers are so hated internationally and even among a good number of Israelis. That's why the Palestinians in the Territories (as opposed to those in Israel whose rights were discussed in the first paragraph) are considered victims.

Mistaken Rumor on these Laws for Reference

Diversity protected class people, also labeled Diversity or multicultural people, have historically been and continue to be oppressed by white supremacists. In fact, there is different adjectives used when there is discrimination activity between Diversity people and a white supremacist. For example, when a white supremacist promotes discrimination against a black or brown person, that is racism or hate. However, when a black or brown or yellow person promotes discrimination against a white supremacist, that is reverse-racism or social justice.

Similarly, no Diversity people can commit hate crime, but can only react to white supremacist hate. A Diversity person's reaction to white supremacist hate is usually morally justifiable, or is at the very least mitigated by historical wrongs committed in the name of white supremacy.

The Diversity protected-class includes the following subclasses of people...

Afro-American

Female

Asian

Jewish

Latino

Hispanic

Disabled

Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual & Transexual

Native American

As the majority of voters inside the US, Diversity people have a right to self-determination, including government interventions to achieve social justice and equality. Similarly with its super-majority of of Jewish Diversity, Israeli people have a right to self-determination, including government interventions to achieve social justice and equality with gentiles.

The white supremacist, the opposition to American Diversity and multiculturalism, is the oppressive counterpart of each Diversity subclass...

White

Male

Occidental

Gentile

Gringo

Able-Bodied

Straight

Settler

To be a white supremacist, a person must meet only two criteria:

1. Embody all of the profile attributes of the oppressor class profile - white, male, occidental, gentile, gringo, able-bodied, straight, settler.

2. Actively oppose government remedies to promote equality and social justice for Diversity protected class people.