Late 80s /early 90s for me so actually could have been a drastic difference. Shit started getting really nutty about these things right around the time I finished HS (1994).
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Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act(1994) increase the penalties for hate crimes committed on the basis of the actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, ethnicity, or gender of any person. In 1995, the Sentencing Commission implemented these changes to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, which only apply to federal crimes
