Sabah Mannan
By definition, a hate crime is a prejudice-motivated crime, usually violent, which occurs when a perpetrator subjects a victim because of his or her membership in a certain social race, ethnicity or ancestry. The FBI or Federal Bureau of Investigation which is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States released an annual report which showed that the number of hate crimes rose by nearly 5 percent across the country in 2016. Muslims and Jews were the most common targets in the U.S. The new data revealed that anti-Muslim hate crimes rose by nearly 20 percent, anti-white by 17 percent, anti-Latino by 15 percent, and anti-Jewish by 3 percent. However, the number of anti-black crimes remained nearly flat from 2015 to 2016. FBI’s report shed light on the issue that hate crimes rapidly increased in the wake of President Donald Trump’s Nov. 8, 2016 electoral win.
Sources: Anadolu Agency, Baltimore Sun and VOX