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Originally Posted by shinerbock
Oh yes, white people are never attacked in black sections of town. Never happens. I guess motive here overshadows frequency. Is it more important that we stop the few white on black crimes (for example) than the much more common black on white crimes? Which would better serve the main purpose of reducing crime?
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You're steering all over the place now.
Motive does overshadow frequency when we're talking about hate crimes.
But crimes of violence remain overwhelmingly intraracial rather than interracial and perpetrated by people we know rather than strangers.
So you wouldn't win a debate there.
ETA: Keep in mind that I never said that heterosexual white males have never been/are/will be targeted for hate crimes. This race, gender, and sexual orientation combo is of the power majority in this country which translates to a small(er) likelihood of group victimization based on race, gender, and/or sexual orientation.