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According to 2013 [[FBI]] statistics, 6/10 of a percent of hates crimes were against atheists/agnostics.<ref>[http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/hate-crime/2013/topic-pages/victims/victims_final 2013 FBI hate crime statistics]</ref><ref>[http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/04/06/atheism-the-next-civil-rights-movement.html Atheism: The Next Civil Rights movement], Vlad Chituc, ''The Daily Beast'', 4-6-2015</ref>
 
According to 2013 [[FBI]] statistics, 6/10 of a percent of hates crimes were against atheists/agnostics.<ref>[http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/hate-crime/2013/topic-pages/victims/victims_final 2013 FBI hate crime statistics]</ref><ref>[http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/04/06/atheism-the-next-civil-rights-movement.html Atheism: The Next Civil Rights movement], Vlad Chituc, ''The Daily Beast'', 4-6-2015</ref>
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===Inter-racial hate crimes===
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The FBI hate-crime statistics show that African-Americans commit a disproportionately large share of reported hate crimes.<ref> [http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jan/11/the-politicization-of-hate-crime-legislation/ The politicization of hate crime legislation]</ref>
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The FBI hate-crime statistics show that African-Americans commit a disproportionately large share of reported hate crimes.<ref> [http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jan/11/the-politicization-of-hate-crime-legislation/ The politicization of hate crime legislation]</ref>  In 2015, race was reported for 5,493 known hate crime offenders. Of these offenders:
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*48.4 percent were White.
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*24.3 percent were Black or African American.
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*9.1 percent were groups made up of individuals of various races (group of multiple races).
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*1.0 percent (53 offenders) were Asian.
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*0.9 percent (52 offenders) were American Indian or Alaska Native.
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*0.1 percent (4 offenders) were Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander.
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*16.2 percent were unknown.<ref name=offender>{{cite web|url=https://ucr.fbi.gov/hate-crime/2015/topic-pages/offenders_final|title=Offenders|work=fbi.gov|accessdate=january 11, 2017}}</ref>
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Young people committed a disproportionally high number of hate crimes. Age was reported for 3,331 known hate crime offenders in 2015. Of these:
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* 84.7 percent were age 18 and over.
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* 15.3 percent were under age 18.<ref name=offender/>
    
== Claims of Hate Crimes ==
 
== Claims of Hate Crimes ==
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