"Oregon notches 74% rise in reports of hate crimes, bias incidentslinguisticism, and audism,” wrote report authors from the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission, a state agency that helps develop criminal justice policy.
By Conrad Wilson (OPB)
July 6, 2023 6 a.m.
Reports of bias incidents and crimes have increased since 2020 and are driven in part by extremist rhetoric becoming more mainstream, according to a new report.
Nooses left in schoolyards and on people’s doorsteps. Pride flags torn down and burned. Places of worship defaced and damaged. Threats of violence, rape and death.
These are among the nearly 6,000 reports of bias incidents and crimes the Oregon Department of Justice’s Bias Response Hotline has received in the three years since the program launched, according to a state report released this month.
The effects of bias incidents and crimes can have lasting harm on people and their communities. The report describes the hateful acts as attempts to dehumanize, silence and frighten people.
“The word bias itself is a euphemism, attempting to reduce the impact for the user — in actuality, we are talking about hate: racism, discrimination, homophobia, transphobia, anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, colorism, ableism, xenophobia, casteism,
Calls to the state Justice Department hotline increased 74% from 2021 to 2022. Last year, the hotline received 2,534 reports of bias incidents and crimes. Despite the rise, “underreporting is extensive,” the report states. The confidential hotlinedoesn’t investigate each report but does help callers connect with resources after experiencing a bias incident or crime. Sometimes that includes helping the caller make a report to police.
DOJ officials point out that while they are alarmed by the reports, the hotline is still relatively new and increased calls are a sign that people are discovering it.” the document says.
When extremist rhetoric targeting various groups becomes more common, the report states, there’s often an increase in bias crimes.
“In other words, as rhetoric about Jewish conspiracies, LGBTQIA2S+ and transgender rights increased in 2022 and became mainstream, this was reflected in increases in antisemitic, anti-sexual orientation and anti-gender identity bias-motivated attacks,
The document lists a number of key findings from the past year, including:prosecutors may be incorrectly classifying hateful behavior as mental health issues. It suggested more research on the topic."
Anti-Black/African American bias continues to be the largest category, making up 1 in 4 of the reports.
As schools have reopened after the pandemic, reports of bias incidents there have also increased from 36 in 2020 to 408 reports last year.
Bias-motivated reports targeting people who identify as LGBTQ+ increased between 2021 and last year, with reports targeting sexual orientation up 97% and gender identity up more than 150%.
Reports targeting religion also increased, with antisemitic reports making up 75% of anti-religious reports since 2020.
Anti-Asian reports decreased slightly last year compared to 2021 when such reports rose as a result of hateful rhetoric related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Less than one-third of people charged with a bias crime last year were convicted of any charge. Most defendants, according to the report, are sentenced to probation and few go to prison on a bias charge conviction. The report notes that some
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https://www.opb.org/article/2023/07/06/oregon-hate-crime-rates-bias-incidents/
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On 7/6/2023 9:47 AM, Technobarbarian wrote:
"Oregon notches 74% rise in reports of hate crimes, bias incidents
You sure it's not my disowned black brethren hating on the Asians? By
the way, I will ask again, just what are alphabet soup rights and why do
they have different rights than the rest of us?
"Oregon notches 74% rise in reports of hate crimes, bias incidents
By Conrad Wilson (OPB) July 6, 2023 6 a.m.
Reports of bias incidents and crimes have increased since 2020 and
are driven in part by extremist rhetoric becoming more mainstream,
according to a new report.
Nooses left in schoolyards and on people’s doorsteps. Pride flags
torn down and burned. Places of worship defaced and damaged.
Threats of violence, rape and death.
These are among the nearly 6,000 reports of bias incidents and
crimes the Oregon Department of Justice’s Bias Response Hotline
has received in the three years since the program launched,
according to a state report released this month.
The effects of bias incidents and crimes can have lasting harm on
people and their communities. The report describes the hateful acts
as attempts to dehumanize, silence and frighten people.
“The word bias itself is a euphemism, attempting to reduce the
impact for the user — in actuality, we are talking about hate:
racism, discrimination, homophobia, transphobia, anti-Semitism,
Islamophobia, colorism, ableism, xenophobia, casteism,
linguisticism, and audism,†wrote report authors from the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission, a state agency that helps develop
criminal justice policy.
Calls to the state Justice Department hotline increased 74% from
2021 to 2022. Last year, the hotline received 2,534 reports of bias
incidents and crimes. Despite the rise, “underreporting is extensive,†the report states. The confidential hotline doesn’t investigate each report but does help callers connect with
resources after experiencing a bias incident or crime. Sometimes
that includes helping the caller make a report to police.
DOJ officials point out that while they are alarmed by the reports,
the hotline is still relatively new and increased calls are a sign
that people are discovering it.
When extremist rhetoric targeting various groups becomes more
common, the report states, there’s often an increase in bias
crimes.
“In other words, as rhetoric about Jewish conspiracies,
LGBTQIA2S+ and transgender rights increased in 2022 and became
mainstream, this was reflected in increases in antisemitic,
anti-sexual orientation and anti-gender identity bias-motivated attacks,†the document says.
The document lists a number of key findings from the past year,
including:
Anti-Black/African American bias continues to be the largest
category, making up 1 in 4 of the reports.
As schools have reopened after the pandemic, reports of bias
incidents there have also increased from 36 in 2020 to 408 reports
last year.
Bias-motivated reports targeting people who identify as LGBTQ+
increased between 2021 and last year, with reports targeting sexual orientation up 97% and gender identity up more than 150%.
Reports targeting religion also increased, with antisemitic reports
making up 75% of anti-religious reports since 2020.
Anti-Asian reports decreased slightly last year compared to 2021
when such reports rose as a result of hateful rhetoric related to
the COVID-19 pandemic.
Less than one-third of people charged with a bias crime last year
were convicted of any charge. Most defendants, according to the
report, are sentenced to probation and few go to prison on a bias
charge conviction. The report notes that some prosecutors may be
incorrectly classifying hateful behavior as mental health issues.
It suggested more research on the topic." [snip]
https://www.opb.org/article/2023/07/06/oregon-hate-crime-rates-bias-incidents/
TB
Technobarbarian wrote:
"Oregon notches 74% rise in reports of hate crimes, bias incidents
By Conrad Wilson (OPB) July 6, 2023 6 a.m.
Reports of bias incidents and crimes have increased since 2020 and
are driven in part by extremist rhetoric becoming more mainstream,
according to a new report.
Nooses left in schoolyards and on people’s doorsteps. Pride flags
torn down and burned. Places of worship defaced and damaged.
Threats of violence, rape and death.
These are among the nearly 6,000 reports of bias incidents and
crimes the Oregon Department of Justice’s Bias Response Hotline
has received in the three years since the program launched,
according to a state report released this month.
The effects of bias incidents and crimes can have lasting harm on
people and their communities. The report describes the hateful acts
as attempts to dehumanize, silence and frighten people.
“The word bias itself is a euphemism, attempting to reduce the
impact for the user — in actuality, we are talking about hate:
racism, discrimination, homophobia, transphobia, anti-Semitism,
Islamophobia, colorism, ableism, xenophobia, casteism,
linguisticism, and audism,†wrote report authors from the Oregon
Criminal Justice Commission, a state agency that helps develop
criminal justice policy.
Hey. What about MAGAphobia and Trumpophobia? Why aren't they on the
table in the list of bias euphemisms? That seems unfair and
inequitable and disinclusive - and biased - to me. I allege that my
calculus suggests that when bias is biased, we've reached the
inflection point of Trouble.
Calls to the state Justice Department hotline increased 74% from
2021 to 2022. Last year, the hotline received 2,534 reports of bias
incidents and crimes. Despite the rise, “underreporting is
extensive,†the report states. The confidential hotline doesn’t >> investigate each report but does help callers connect with
resources after experiencing a bias incident or crime. Sometimes
that includes helping the caller make a report to police.
DOJ officials point out that while they are alarmed by the reports,
the hotline is still relatively new and increased calls are a sign
that people are discovering it.
When extremist rhetoric targeting various groups becomes more
common, the report states, there’s often an increase in bias
crimes.
“In other words, as rhetoric about Jewish conspiracies,
LGBTQIA2S+ and transgender rights increased in 2022 and became
mainstream, this was reflected in increases in antisemitic,
anti-sexual orientation and anti-gender identity bias-motivated
attacks,†the document says.
What? "LGBTQIA2S+"? Seriously? I just recently learned how to spell
LGBTQ correctly 95% of the time, and now this? damn. I'm gonna have to
buy some Prevagen.
Not only that, but since T literally stands for Transgender, why are
they saying "LGBTQIA2S+ and transgender rights"? damn. The dumbasses
keep getting dumbasseder every day in the passage of time.
And BTW, I thought Biden and his tolerant liberals were going to end divisiveness and unify us. What happened with that?
The document lists a number of key findings from the past year,
including:
Anti-Black/African American bias continues to be the largest
category, making up 1 in 4 of the reports.
As schools have reopened after the pandemic, reports of bias
incidents there have also increased from 36 in 2020 to 408 reports
last year.
Bias-motivated reports targeting people who identify as LGBTQ+
increased between 2021 and last year, with reports targeting sexual
orientation up 97% and gender identity up more than 150%.
Whoa there just a minute in the passage of time. What happened to IA2S
all of a sudden? Have they been removed from the toolbox and swept off
the table already? Just sucked out of the middle of the initialization
before they can get a foothold with no explanation at all? Unfair. Inequitable. Discriminatory. Unacceptable. Someone must be held
accountable.
Reports targeting religion also increased, with antisemitic reports
making up 75% of anti-religious reports since 2020.
Anti-Asian reports decreased slightly last year compared to 2021
when such reports rose as a result of hateful rhetoric related to
the COVID-19 pandemic.
Less than one-third of people charged with a bias crime last year
were convicted of any charge. Most defendants, according to the
report, are sentenced to probation and few go to prison on a bias
charge conviction. The report notes that some prosecutors may be
incorrectly classifying hateful behavior as mental health issues.
It suggested more research on the topic." [snip]
https://www.opb.org/article/2023/07/06/oregon-hate-crime-rates-bias-incidents/
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