Posted on 07/26/2008 8:25:16 PM PDT by BnBlFlag
By Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer July 25, 2008 Hate crimes in Los Angeles County rose to their highest level in five years last year, led by attacks between Latinos and blacks, officials said Thursday.
The annual report by the Los Angeles County Human Relations Commission showed hate crimes rose by 28%, to 763, with vandalism and assault leading the way.
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In what commission Executive Director Robin Toma called an alarming trend, hate crimes based on race, religion and sexual orientation all rose, increasing against nearly all groups -- including blacks, gays, Jews, Mexicans, whites and Asians -- even as crime in general declined.
The largest number of racial hate crimes involved Latino suspects against black victims, followed by black suspects against Latino victims. Latinos also made up the largest number of suspects in hate crimes based on sexual orientation. Whites were the leading suspects in religion-based incidents. Overall, blacks made up nearly half the hate crime victims, totaling 310.
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I used to teach ESL and I’ve had SO many Mexican kids tell me that black people are ugly, etc. Most people don’t know that Mexicans still approve of people performing in blackface.
I also had Mexican kids tell me that people with blue eyes turn into wolves. One was terrified of being in the room alone with my fellow ESL teacher, who is the sweetest person ever. He would literally cry. Everyone else loved her, though. He finally told me that it was because she had blue eyes and could turn him into a wolf. This is the level of idiocy that is coming to this country - because you know adults taught him that was true!
I lived in SoCal in the late 70's and early 80's...American concrete, drywall, brick laying, painting, roofing, plumbing, etc...companies became nearly entirely composed of illegal alien labor.
Those were some decent/good paying jobs...that were lost.
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