I don't quite remember what piqued my interest in this, but I got curious about the trend in hate crimes against Black people. According to the FBI, here are the numbers, represented as the rate per million of the Black population:
A number of people, including me, have posited that the Obama era produced a white backlash that eventually elected Donald Trump president.
There's some evidence to support this, but it sure doesn't show up in the hate crime statistics.
Hate crimes against Black people plummeted by nearly half during Obama's term and have pretty much stayed there ever since.
This is despite the fact that presumably the Obama administration put a greater focus on hate crimes than either George Bush or Donald Trump.
Violent assaults on Black people have gone down by nearly half since 2005, far more than violent assaults in general. In this case, however, the decline has been fairly steady over the entire period.
The FBI is not the only authority on hate crimes and the NCVS is not the only authority on victimization.
Still, they're generally well respected and use the same methodology from year to year.
This probably represents reality pretty well.
I have been accused—rightfully—of constantly telling you that things are better than you think.
The reason is simple: Whenever I look into something, it very often turns out to be better than the media focus would have us believe.
https://jabberwocking.com/anti-black-hate-crimes-have-plummeted-in-the-us/

A number of people, including me, have posited that the Obama era produced a white backlash that eventually elected Donald Trump president.
There's some evidence to support this, but it sure doesn't show up in the hate crime statistics.
Hate crimes against Black people plummeted by nearly half during Obama's term and have pretty much stayed there ever since.
This is despite the fact that presumably the Obama administration put a greater focus on hate crimes than either George Bush or Donald Trump.
Violent assaults on Black people have gone down by nearly half since 2005, far more than violent assaults in general. In this case, however, the decline has been fairly steady over the entire period.
The FBI is not the only authority on hate crimes and the NCVS is not the only authority on victimization.
Still, they're generally well respected and use the same methodology from year to year.
This probably represents reality pretty well.
I have been accused—rightfully—of constantly telling you that things are better than you think.
The reason is simple: Whenever I look into something, it very often turns out to be better than the media focus would have us believe.
https://jabberwocking.com/anti-black-hate-crimes-have-plummeted-in-the-us/