I kind of see the point of ‘hate crime’ laws. I think if the perps target a person because of politics, race, or religion it’s a good thing to increase the sentence. Obviously, anyone committing a crime of violence against another human should really only be subject to either life in solitary or death, but just in case the only charges that they can make stick are less than that, *all* criminals who deprive others of life, liberty, or property need to be put away for a few decades minimum; anything that helps with that is a Good Thing.
There is only racism in hate crime laws because everyone knows they will only be applied to white people.