0: This FBI report compiled data from 2018 through 2022,
and in those five years, it found that hate crimes in schools nearly doubled.
And experts say the effects it's having on kids can be more extreme than on
adults. The numbers speak for themselves according to the FBI schools,
where the third most common location for hate offenses in 2022 behind homes and
residences, and then roadways from 2018 to 2022,
more than 5,600 juveniles were reported as hate crime victims.
While nearly 6,000 juveniles were reported as hate crime offenders.
According to the data, the most common offense was intimidation, then vandalism,
and finally, simple assault.
Child psychologist Elizabeth Sather says kids are particularly prone to
internalizing these incidents.
1: It's much more difficult for children because children aren't mature enough to
understand that the crime that's being committed against them says
more about the person committing the crime than it does about them.
0: Hate crimes overall rose steadily from nearly 8,500 incidents in 2018
to more than 13,000 in 2022.
The percentage of them occurring at schools varied from just over 8% in 2018,
a drop to nearly 4% in 2020 due to the pandemic related stay-at-home orders and
then back up to 10% in 2022.
Sater says it can affect how kids see themselves.
1: The most important thing for kids is fitting in, am I part of the larger group?
Do people like me?
And I think a crime like that for a child has much more impact because that
identity isn't fully developed yet.
0: The report looked at the reasons behind the offenses and found the most common
were anti-black or African-American that was followed by anti-Jewish,
and then anti LGBTQ plus offenses.
It's important to note that this data does not include any numbers from 2023
when the Israel Hamas War sparked even further antisemitic tensions in the
US and across the world. Dan Grossman Scripps News.