Media and politicians call violence the epidemic of the nineties. A commonly ignored fact about this epidemic is that it is based on cultural biases. A person's ability or personality is not society's standards. Our country judges on the basis of gender, sexual preference and race. Enduring political and social prejudices about blacks in particular, created the environment in which this epidemic flourished. To date, the animosity has survived a civil war, lynchings, riots and countless protests. Events such as the brutal murder of …†....