"The murders are just one part of a disturbing uptick in violent hate-crimes that have worried Arab-American groups -


from the Afghan man set on fire in his Indianapolis restaurant


to the Pakistani who was beaten unconscious in a New Jersey parking lot, as his two attackers hurled insults to Islam." (source)





Why do differences in religion or skin color cause these people to be singled out to live in fear and blamed for the misdeeds of others?