Did you know that people with blonde hair have low I.Q.s? Or, that people less than five feet tall are more likely to spread a disease? How about that people with brown eyes are really worshipers of Satan. Now does this sound logical? No, you know that people with blonde hair can be as smart or as unintelligent as the next person, that short people are not necessarily better hosts to disease, and that people with brown eyes can believe in whatever they want. Some people, on the other hand, would say these things made perfect sense when applied to a different race, religion, ethnic background, gender or sexual orientation. The idea of prejudice is as old as Mans' time on Earth, that someone who is different just is not as good (Yinger 120). When a person thinks like this, it can clutter their judgment, and they become an ignorance racist. They start to see others, different from themselves, some times not even human let alone equal. Violence often ensues, when that happens we have a hate crime. A hate crime is a criminal act committed against a person based on religion, race, national origin, or sexual orientation (Strauss). A hate crime does not necessarily have to be a physical violent act. Words and threats can be just as damaging on an emotional level as a physical blow is to the head. Laws have been passed to prevent these actions, however, year after year there are many hate crimes against different ethnical groups. Why are people racist? Why do they hate each other because of color of skin, where they are from, what religion they are. These are the questions that society needs to ask and find a solution for there is no one group or one person that can fix all of these problems. So, what is a racist? A racist is a person that thinks his own ethnic group is superior to that of someone else's; all racism is a result of ignorance. How can we stop racism? We can start by educating are young people about it and what kind of e...