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The number of hate crimes in the U.S. rose by 8% in 2006 with some of the biggest increases against gays, Hispanics and Muslims.
Statistics released Monday by the FBI show that of the 7,722 hate crimes that occurred, more than half were racially motivated.
The number of hate crimes against whites increased 7%, from 828 in 2005 to 890 a year later. While the number of incidents against blacks remained steady, the majority of racially-motivated hate crimes, almost seven out of 10, are committe
Originally posted by Beachcoma
What did you expect will happen when the media is constantly highlighting the differences between ethnic groups, and spotlighting the negatives no less. Day in, day out, the negative points get coverage. That's gotta influence perception somehow. It's on TV, it must be true...
The Duke case? Hardly. The now unraveling fantasy story–somewhat unbelievable on its face–of white athletes raping a black stripper is coming to an end with very few mea culpas from those responsible for this farce.
No, I’m talking about the kidnapping, rape, and double murder in Knoxville of a rather angelic-looking white couple by a couple of thuggish black ex-cons. This case is truly awful; the facts speak for themselves:
Another Horrific Inter-Racial Hate Crimes
Originally posted by Beachcoma
What did you expect will happen when the media is constantly highlighting the differences between ethnic groups, and spotlighting the negatives no less. Day in, day out, the negative points get coverage. That's gotta influence perception somehow. It's on TV, it must be true...
God is in the TV.
--Marilyn Manson
It's all part of the plan by the powers that be so that the masses will concentrate on one another while they secretly cook up more plans to consolidate their rule.
Originally posted by Sestias
The original intent of hate crimes laws was to combat organized, often violent groups like the KKK or the Nazi Party in Germany (I'm not sure if the American Nazi party has been violent except in speech). These laws have been more or less effective in decreasing the influence of a number of hate groups like the Klan. The problem now is the definition of a hate crime has to be continuously expanded to include more and more groups. I would venture to say there have been hate crimes where heterosexual white males have been targeted, though they're not usually included in the definition.