Blacks are as much more dangerous than whites as men are more dangerous than women. Of the approximately 1,700,000 interracial crimes of violence involving blacks and whites, 90 percent are committed by blacks against whites. Blacks are therefore up to 250 times more likely to do criminal violence to whites than the reverse. l Blacks commit violent crimes at four to eight times the white rate. Hispanics commit violent crimes at approximately three times the white rate, and Asians at one half to three quarters the white rate. l Blacks are twice as likely as whites to commit hate crimes. Hispanics are a hate crime victim category but not a perpetrator category. Hispanic offenders are classified as whites, which inflates the white offense rate and gives the impression that Hispanics commit no hate crimes. There is more black-on-white than black-on-black violent crime. 1U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Criminal Victimization in the United States, 1994 (Washington, DC: USGPO, 1997), pp. 41, 45. The Color of Crime -12- New Century Foundation 2U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Hate Crime Statistics 1997 (Washington, DC: USGPO, 1999). 3Hate Crime Statistics 1997, p. 12. 4Ron Russel and Victor Mejia, “City of Fear,” New Times (Los Angeles), Feb. 12-18, 1998, p. 13. 5Patty Sullivan, “Anchorage Man Gunned Down in Spenard,” Anchorage Daily News, Nov. 22, 1997, p. D1. Peter Porco, “Murder Suspect Acquitted,” Anchorage Daily News, Dec. 12, 1998, p. E1. 6Offense Report, Case No. 97123655, Palm Beach Country (Fla.) Sheriff’s Office. 7Gloria Padilla, Murder Trial Defendant Misses Court Appearance, San Antonio Express-News, March 11, 1997. 8U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Criminal Victimization 1997 (Washington, DC: USGPO, 1998), p. 3. 9U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Crime in the United States 1997 [known as Uniform Crime Reports or UCR] (Washington, DC: USGPO, 1998), pp. 33, 36. 10Arrest information by race is from Crime in the United States 1997, p. 240. 11Criminal Victimization in the United States, 1994, p. 40.