"The ostensible purpose of such a law is to protect minorities from persecution."
Isn't this just wonderful. Aren't all Americans supposed to be held to the same standards....apparently not.
Especially since, with the hyperactive hyphenation of Americans today, technically everyone is part of a minority if you toss skin color aside. Just find your niche and add (your ancestry here)-American to how you view yourself and anytime anyone speaks or looks at you wrong, file a lawsuit against them.
"Hey! You Danish-German-Americans didn't give me, an Italian-American, the correct change! You're trying to steal from me and that's a hate crime!"