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Rise in hate crimes seen nationally and in Nevada

FILE - In this March 13, 2021, file photo, Chinese-Japanese American student Kara Chu, 18, holds a pair of heart balloons decorated by herself for the rally "Love Our Communities: Build Collective Power" to raise awareness of anti-Asian violence outside the Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo in Los Angeles.
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FILE - In this March 13, 2021, file photo, Chinese-Japanese American student Kara Chu, 18, holds a pair of heart balloons decorated by herself for the rally "Love Our Communities: Build Collective Power" to raise awareness of anti-Asian violence outside the Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo in Los Angeles.

In April, a child with autism came home from Clark High School, a few blocks south of Sahara Avenue on Arville Street, with a swastika carved into his back.

The incident shocked the community here. And led to questions of tolerance. Are residents of Clark County, and Nevada, whose diversity grows year to year, more or less tolerant today?

If you’ve been a victim of a hate crime, have you witnessed it? Experts say hate is a learned behavior — so can people unlearn it?


Guests: Ziporah Reich, director of litigation, The Lawfare Project; Lindsay Schubiner, director of programs, Western States Center; Sen. Jacky Rosen

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Yvette Fernandez is the regional reporter for the Mountain West News Bureau. She joined Nevada Public Radio in September 2021.