i think hate crime stats don't tell us nearly as much about white nationalist organizing and racial oppression in general as we tend to think
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if hate crime stats are to be believed, jews have it significantly worse than muslims in the US. which, as a jew, i am pretty confident in saying, no, this is not the case
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hate crime stats probably function much like e.g. campus rape stats: a low reporting rate probably doesn't indicate a low incidence rate, but rather an atmosphere of fear and ineffective means of reporting
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hate crime reports are also limited in that there has to be an underlying *crime*. contrary to popular belief, public displays of bigotry are not, generally speaking, crimes
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say a group of white nationalists hold an armed protest outside a mosque - lawful, but despicable. say that, as a result, muslim women in the area avoid going out in hijab, or avoid going out at all.
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this sort of thing *won't* be picked up in hate crime stats. hundreds of racists marching won't be picked up in hate crime stats
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and in fact, people not going outside in urban areas because they're afraid of their neighbors isn't even picked up in the *crime* stats
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