NPR's "Tell Me More" spreads disinformation on hate crime statistics

NPR's "Tell Me More" show offers the misleading "Latinos Increasingly Targeted For Hate Crimes" (link):

The FBI reports that hate crimes against Latinos rose almost 40 percent between 2003 and 2006, and Hispanic activists say they are being targeted with threats and intimidation. Tony Asion, of El Pueblo, a Latino advocacy group, is joined by Kevin Johnson, of the University of California-Davis Law School, to discuss the statistics that are sending shockwaves through some Latino communities.

Now, for the facts that NPR won't tell you: the 40% rise was obtained by choosing a low year (2003) as the starting point and by not adjusting for population gains. And, when that adjustment is done, hate crimes against Hispanics are actually down since 1995 (as a percentage of their population).

That show is apparently produced or hosted by Michel Martin, but her involvement with the segment isn't known. Note that Johnson was a member of an Immigration Policy Group for the Obama campaign.

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Let us know when NPR reports that Hispanics are approx 4x more likely than Whites to go to prison. Or on their proclivity to join violent criminal street gangs. Or their high school graduation rate. Or on the number that go on to college. Etc.

Hate so called crimes are never reported when whites are attacked by blacks or hispanics or our little yellow brothers. in fact 99 percent of all hate crimes are betwixt each other. in fact it's looked on by the law and our so called police as being justice to rape or murder whites its not evil, its just the way of our monkey brothers, and our monkey government its normal when you have monkeys running your life. Buy Guns you will need one down this monkey road to hell.

Good posting, eh, but you left out the illegitimacy rate. Can't remember where I first read it - maybe the now gone "Public Interest" - but "the 3 things you need to do to avoid long term poverty" has appeared in several places in recent years. 1) Stay in school at least through high school. 2) Don't have children until you are in your 20's and in a stable financial condition where you can support them. 3) Get a job - and keep it. You can't go up the ladder if you aren't at least on the bottom rung. The fastest growing ethnic group in the US is running at about a 50% failure rate on the first 2 points. Even if our economy were strong - and it clearly isn't, how can adding millions more of these people to the US be a good thing?