50%? Are you kidding. Practically ALL of the high profile cases are turning out to be fraud. Newspapers and TV media are starting to shy away from them a bit as they are being burnt by the frauds.
I was trying to be gentle. Actually, I half expected someone to challenge the 50% figure with a "Prove it!" As far as I see it, Hate Crimes in America today come in 2 flavors:
1) Pizza Hut employee scribbles racial epithet on receipt.
2) Member of minority group torches own home and blames white racists.
The serious ones turn out to be fake. The "real" racial hate crimes are laughably minor, IMO.