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Dashka Slater

Crime

The Fire on the 57 Bus in Oakland

A black 16-year-old lights a white, agender 18-year-old’s skirt on fire while riding the bus. Is it a hate crime? And what’s the appropriate punishment?

Dashka Slater New York Times Magazine Jan 2015 25min Permalink