In the UK, 10-17 October 2015 was National Hate Crime Awareness Week. This initiative was set up in the hope that society, politicians, practices and policies become better equiped to deal with the attitudes that lead to what we have now come to call "hate crimes". Whether national or international awareness weeks make any difference is debatable. I suppose "every little counts" especially when people are given the opportunity to come together to discuss what unites them (rat