Racism and Prejudice Statistics

Prejudice is something that has been apart of the world for a long time, and while it has definitely improved, hate crimes and discrimination are still occurring today. Here are some thoughts and statistics on racism:

In Germany in 1993, at least 52 people were killed as acts of racist violence. And in England, white skinned people against ethnic minorities commit 90% of the racist motivated acts of violence.

World War 2, a war based on nothing but prejudice and racism killed 52 million people worldwide.

Out of the 7,722 hate crime incidents reported to the FBI in 2006, 2,640 were anti-black.

Less than a week ago, a Cheerio commercial featuring a bi-racial couple got racist hate comments on YouTube. People said things like “that makes me want to vomit” and “disgusting.”