Hate Crime Stats

In 2005, the New Century Foundation published a 25 page report, The Color of Crime: Race, Crime, and Justice in America in which it analyzed crime data from several sources, including: FBI Uniform Crime Reports, National Crime Victimization Surveys, Supplementary Homicide Reports, Hate Crime Statistics, and the National Incident-Based Reporting System. Most of the data collected were from the years 2001-2003 -- although some data went back to as early as 1980.

Among it's major findings, were 1. that the justice system is not biased against blacks (and, in fact, seems to slightly favor them, which shouldn't be surprising considering most police officers understand that they can -- and often will -- be persecuted for arresting non-Whites) and 2. that blacks are roughly 40 times more likely to commit a violent crime against Whites than the reverse.

It also found that the data are difficult to interpret because of the inconsistent manner in which they are reported. For instance . . . read more