COVID-19 Hate Crime Act
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The COVID-19 Hate Crime Act:
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/937/textThe Senate voted to pass it 94 to 1:
https://news.yahoo.com/covid-19-hate-crimes-bill-181911063.html -
It defines COVID-19 hate crime as a violent crime that is motivated by two things: (1) the actual or perceived characteristic (e.g., race or ethnicity) of any person, and (2) the actual or perceived relationship to the spread of COVID-19 of any person because of that characteristic.
Huh?
Is this meant to protect people who are perceived to be Chinese and had a violent crime committed against them because the covid-19 originated in China?
If so, why not say that?
Is there some other actual or perceived characteristic (e.g., race or ethnicity) involved?
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