## Hate Crime

#### The prevalence of hate crime is growing at increasing rates, especially those crimes with a racial bias, and especially coincide with violent or reactionary rhetoric.



*   [PolitiFact: Xu 19](https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2019/apr/03/hate-crimes-are-increasingly-reported-us/)
    *   The aftermath of the 2016 election (2016-17) saw an increase in **religious and ethnicity-based hate crime**
    *   The spike also corresponded with the election month of November

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*   [Washington Post: Feinberg et al. 19](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/03/22/trumps-rhetoric-does-inspire-more-hate-crimes/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.45ef25d07a15#click=https://t.co/bYXsN60xzH) [(non-paywall)](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1i_SLbLmQWVJoyVjE-w_5ZoyneX0FQOC-/view?usp=sharing) [(also cited here)](https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-campaign-rally-hate-crimes-study-maga-2019-3)
    *   Counties that had hosted a 2016 Trump campaign rally saw a **226 percent increase** in reported **hate crimes** over comparable counties that did not host such a rally.
    *   “A considerable number of these reported hate crimes reference Trump,” which suggests a connection between rhetoric and the incitation of violence
*   Here’s a further breakdown of hate crimes:
    *   [Center for Strategic and International Studies: Cordesman 17](https://www.csis.org/analysis/terrorism-and-hate-crimes-dealing-all-threats-extremism)


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*   [ADL 18](https://www.adl.org/news/press-releases/white-supremacist-propaganda-on-us-college-campuses-rises-77-percent-over-past)
    *   White supremacist groups continued to escalate their propaganda campaign targeting U.S. college campuses, with incidents **increasing by 77%** during the 2017-2018 academic year
    *   _“White supremacists’ propaganda campaign continues to accelerate, both on and off campus, online and on the ground”_