Generally, a crime committed against one or more individuals for which there is evidence that the motivation was hatred of the race, religion, color, ethnicity,
nationality, national origin,
sexual orientation, or
gender identity of the victim or victims.
"They tacked extra time on my sentence for a hate crime
aggravation because I'm white and the guy I beat up was black. It seems black people get special protection. It's anti-white
reverse racism."
"You asshole, three witnesses testified that you were screaming 'N****r, n****r, n****r' while you were
kicking the shit out of him. If you'd kept your fucking mouth shut, the court might have gone easier on you. Though your KKK tattoo might still have made the jury suspicious."