Question

1. Explore the summary titled Hate Crime Victimization, 2005-2019. What does this summary
state about the rate of violent hate crime in 2005 in comparison to the rate of violent hate crime
in 2019? Does this comparison surprise you? Why or why not? What motivated most of these
hate crimes? Who was most likely to commit these crimes?

Answer 1

The rate of violent hate crime in 2005 was less than the rate of violent crime in 2019.

Comparing the rates of violent hate crime across the years.

• Violent hate crime was at a rate of just over 0.8% in 2005.
• In 2019, this had risen to a rate of 1%.

This comparison is not surprising because there had been a downward trend in violent hate crime but this began to rise in 2016 till it reached the rate of 1.0% in 2019.

Motivations and perpetrators of those hate crimes

• Motivated by race and ethnicity.
• Perpetrated by far right activists.

With the election of Donald Trump, far right activists gained renewed momentum as they felt he was on their side. As a result, they increased their tendency to engage in violent hate crime.

Find out more on far right activists at https://brainly.com/question/511410.