Law enforcement agencies have submitted incident reports involving 7,759 criminal incidents and 10,532 related offenses motivated by bias toward race, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, sexual orientation, disability, gender, and gender identity. Further, the FBI’s Hate Crime Statistics, 2020, reported 7,554 single-bias…
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#StopAsianHate: racism, misogyny, easy access to guns are deadly combination
by Marc Morial •
“I can’t remember ever having experienced racism separate from sexism. When I turn into a lane too slowly on the streets of Los Angeles, I am not surprised if someone rolls down the window to call me a ‘c—- b—–.’…
Rev. Joseph Lowery: One of the most influential leaders of the latter 20th Century
by Deric Gilliard •
It took the most life-altering event of the 21st century to finally mute the importance of one of the most significant figures of the second half of the 20th century. Joseph Echols Lowery, co-founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference…
National crisis: Surging hate crimes and White supremacists
by Charlene Crowell, NNPA Newswire contributor •
A Saturday morning shooting rampage in El Paso, Texas on August 3 took the lives of 22 people, and seriously injured more than two dozen others. Reportedly, the alleged shooter wanted to kill as many Mexicans as he could. Armed…
Jussie Smollett case threatens to distract from rising tide of hate crimes
by Marc H. Morial •
News Analysis (TriceEdneyWire.com) — “I’m left hanging my head and asking why. Why would anyone, especially an African American man use the symbolism of a noose to make false accusations? How could someone look at the hatred and suffering associated…
Ways to fight hate — experts estimate more than 260,000 hate incidents per year
by PRIDE Newsdesk •
Hate in America has become commonplace. Since 2010, law enforcement agencies have reported an average of about 6,000 hate crime incidents per year to the FBI. But government studies show that the real number is far higher—an estimated 260,000 per…