It is curious that the New York Times always seems to emphasize white on black hate crimes, whereas it seems that there is far more black on white crime. (See Op-Chart: The Geography of Hate by MARK POTOK, LUKE VISCONTI, BARBARA FRANKEL and NIGEL HOLMES.) In other words, black on white crime is less likely to be categorized as a hate crime than white on black crime.
Even so, according to a recent FBI report, as told by the Associated Press, "Of the 7,330 offenders identified by police, 58.6 percent were white, 20.6 percent were black". Compare that to the percentages of the population which are white (69) and black (12) (according to the 2000 census) and it would appear that a black person is more likely to commit a hate crime than a white person.
So, it appears that the NY Times is not objective when it comes to talking about race issues in the USA.
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