Newspaper headlines have told us of several recent incidents of racial violencethe deadly terrorizing of a black man in Howard Beach. NY. the fatal beating of a ChineseAmerican in a suburb of Detroit. But there are other hate crimes virtually unknown outside the communities in which they take placethe burning of a cross at the home of a black family. the desecration of a synagogue with Nazi symbols. the stoning of Southeast Asian refugees. As the Nation looks on in horror. a debate has ensued: Are these isolated incidents or evidence of growing racism? Are these crimes organized or spontaneous?
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