U.S. hate crimes in 2020 reached their highest level in 12 years, per FBI

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published 30 August 2021

The number of hate crimes in the United States in 2020 rose to their highest level in 12 years, The Washington Post reported Monday, per data from the FBI. The jump was "propelled by increasing assaults targeting Black and Asian victims."

Civil rights groups have warned of "increasing hostilities toward minorities," exacerbated by a "tumultuous" year "marked by a global pandemic, a divisive presidential election, and upheavel in the economy," the Post writes.

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Brigid Kennedy worked at The Week from 2021 to 2023 as a staff writer, junior editor and then story editor, with an interest in U.S. politics, the economy and the music industry.

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