African Americans most likely to be targets of hate crimes in the U.S.
There is a large gap between African Americans and other bias types regarding the number of reported hate crimes in the U.S. According to the FBI Crime Data Explorer, hate crimes against African Americans made up nearly 30% of all reported hate crimes in the U.S. in 2022, outpacing those related to religion, sexual orientation and other races or ethnicities. More than 11,600 hate crimes were reported in the U.S. in 2022 and more than 3,400 of those cases were…