All of these scenarios are based on our society today - at the turn of the century.  They are referring to the following:

Scenarios - 1 - common practice, many African Americans complain of this -- no statistics or data
                2 - Prop 187
                3. Prop 187
                4. Common scenario - sexual harrassment
                5. case of homosexual beaten to death in Montana- spring 1999
                 6. Native American case pending in courts -- 1999 summer