I want to bring the Senates attention to the increase in our Nation of violent crimes motivated by bigotry and racial hatred. Today. I address the disturbing increase in bias related incidents affecting our Nations school children. Bias related incidents in public schools have been reported in 27 States across a wide range of U.S. communities. The National Center for Immigrant Students identified reports of more than 100 separate incidents in 76 schools in a recent 2month survey of major newspapers. These incidents included interethnic fighting. racial attacks and harassment. racist graffiti. and the distribution of racist publications. A majority of the reported incidents occurred in rural or suburban school districts.
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