February 26, 2010

There were 7,780 hate crimes in the US in 2008

1. In the year 2008, there were 7,780 single-bias hate crimes spanning over 9,683 victims. Of these, over 50% were racially motivated (72.6% of which anti-black). Another 19.5 percent were religious based (65.7% of which anti-Jewish). Hate crimes stemming from sexual-orientation made up another 16.7% (58.6% of which anti-male homosexual). The percentage made up by ethnicity based hate crimes was 11.5% (64% of which anti-Hispanic). The last, but not least, 1% was made up of disability bias (57% of which anti-mental disability).
http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/hc2008/incidents.html

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