14 Jul '20 05:16>
@philokalia said"Famous"?
Where's the criticism?
That he used famous cases that reached newspapers which could be researched?
Is it your contention that the newspapers just don't report on the REAL hate crimes?
No, he just dug up any incident, however minor, that could be deemed a fake hate crime that he could find in a paper somewhere. Then out of this absurdly small and biased sample, he attempts to make far reaching conclusions that are the purest of speculation.
No academic worth their salt would act like this except to sell a book feeding into a pre-existing conception clung tightly to right wingers who want to A) Deny the existence of widespread racism in the country; and B) Reinforce their belief in the moral unfitness of minorities.
It's trash.