BiasHELP - Fighting Hate on the Internet and Beyond: "Bias, discrimination and hate crimes continue to tear our communities apart. We are still recovering from the most devastating hate crime ever perpetrated on American soil that took place on September 11, 2001.

As a result, there has been an increase in hate crimes and discrimination committed throughout our country — particularly those motivated by the victim's ethnicity or religion.

During the period directly after the terrorist attacks and even leading up to the anniversary of the event, incidents of people being victimized and discriminated against because of the way they look or worship have escalated."