• White guy participates in "Knockout Game" and gets charged with hate crimes
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[QUOTE=Rangergxi;43359554]He assaulted/killed somebody intentionally. Why do we need to slap on the races and extend the charges?[/QUOTE] Because the crime has more of an effect on the community because it was racially motivated.
[QUOTE=Oizen;43331632]White on Black is definitely given more attention then Black on white these days.[/QUOTE] [url]http://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/fbi-releases-2012-hate-crime-statistics[/url] [QUOTE]Of the 5,331 known offenders, 54.6 percent were white and 23.3 percent were black.[/QUOTE] Since about 12% of Americans are black, blacks are therefore statistically more likely to be charged with hate crimes than whites (edit: this was bad logic on my part I should have found a source with demographics of violent crime but I'm out of time right now someone else feel free). The reason white on black is given special attention is just as SgtCr4zyGunz says: to stir the pot and give the marketable white viewer base confirmation bias about their perception of reverse racism in hate crimes.
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